What 'Midnight in Paris' Tells Us About Nostalgia In spite of these nostalgia-filled trips, Woody Allen's film is, in Moyne College in New York who studies nostalgia. In the film, Gil appears to experience two distinct kinds of nostalgia, Gil's relationship with 1920s Paris represents historical nostalgia, or experienced. It contrasts with personal nostalgia, which is tied to one's memories. While Gil's historical nostalgia is vividly portrayed in Allen's film, his personal nostalgia is more subtle, but it grounds Research indicates personal nostalgia may offer benefits, helping traumatic experiences. Historical nostalgia is different. A character in the film, Paul, refers, unflatteringly, to nostalgia as Research indicates historical nostalgia is linked to a more cynical nostalgia tend to have a more negative view of their own past and find Gil's own personal nostalgia is rooted in his past success as a Hollywood, are part of his nostalgia for his personal past." repudiation of nostalgia, since he ultimate rejects the past for the Nostalgia can be interpreted as a type of fantasy, and fantasy is employ nostalgia as a theme, but Allen tempers the romanticism with a