Here’s a synopsis of the Coen’s section of Paris Je T’aime…
“5. Tuileries by Joel and Ethan Coen- Probably the funniest entry of the bunch. I mean, from the moment Steve Buscemi turns his head toward the camera, you can tell this one is a lighthearted confection. Buscemi is silent all the way through. He’s on the Metro, reading a tourist book of phrases and such, when he reads that under no circumstance should he make eye contact with anyone. Of course he locks eyes with a couple (Julie Bataille and Axel Kiener) who are making out across the tracks. The boyfriend takes offense and starts yelling at Buscemi, ‘what the fuck are you looking at.’ This gets the girl mad and she storms over to Buscemi’s side to make out with him and get her boyfriend jealous. The kicker is that she has a lip growth that may or may not be herpes. Not surprising, considering Paris is the city for lovers of love. Eventually the boyfriend comes over to administer a Parisian beating, which is to say, not much of a beating at all. Tony Blundetto would’ve whacked this punk. All in all, an entertaining five minutes.”
The title translates thus;
Tuileries |’twel?re(z)| |?twil?ri(z)| |?twi?l?ri| |tHil?i| (also Tuileries Gardens)
formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris. The gardens are all that remain of the Tuileries Palace, a royal residence begun in 1564 and burned down in 1871 during the Commune of Paris.
ORIGIN French, literally ‘Tile works,’ so named because the palace was built on the site of an ancient tile works.
Thanks to Joseph for the link and the French history lesson 