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26 Comments:
Big Night!!!!!
Eat Drink Man Woman
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, a movie you probably wouldn't want to take the kids to.
chisai at 8:56AM on 02/11/09
I have a long list and am always on the lookout for more.
American Cuisine
Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe
Big Night
Babette's Feast
Eat Drink Man Woman
Chocolat
Pieces of April
Like Water For Chocolate
Mostly Martha/No Reservations
Never saw/heard of The Cook/Thief/Wife/Lover - but now I'll BOLO. I have a feeling I need to join Netflix...
chiff0nade at 9:14AM on 02/11/09
By far, my fav is Chocolat...though No Reservations is cute.
jmfors at 9:16AM on 02/11/09
We should not forget Ratatouille, the animated film...great culinary philisophy in that one too.
gutreactions at 9:29AM on 02/11/09
Yes!!! Sorry, Remy...Didn't mean to omit you - add Ratatouille to my list!
chiff0nade at 9:32AM on 02/11/09
Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe is my absolute fave. Love Robert Morley, who wrote a couple of books about food, loved Bisset's jeans and boots and vest, and loved the score, which I found on a record and cooked to for years.
lemons at 9:47AM on 02/11/09
Last weekend, our local film festival showed a documentary short called "Best of the Wurst". I loved it and have been craving currywurst ever since.
http://www.bestofthewurst.com/
"Best of the Wurst chronicles a Korean American woman’s discovery of Berlin through its ultimate snackfood--Currywurst."
Knitter at 9:49AM on 02/11/09
Oh, and don't forget Tampopo, the first "Japanese noodle western".
Knitter at 9:50AM on 02/11/09
Knitter,
I was trying to remember "Tampopo" as I scrolled down the comments. I would never had been able to come up with it. I enjoyed that one, it was funny and it made me hungry for ramen.
For dramas , I watched one called "Eat Drink Man Woman" lately that kept me interested. I made it through most of "Woman on Top". Mystic Pizza is another that I remember liking. It made me wonder/imagine what the pizza would taste like.
I saw a drama quite some time ago called "The Spitfire Grill" (had to look up the titlle on IMDB since it had been so long ago) I really enjoyed that one, and would recommend it.
whatseatingme at 12:05PM on 02/11/09
Here is a list of tons of food movies. For me, the first that come to mind are Ratatouille and No Reservations. Oh, and Fast Food Nation but I think a lot of you would have slapped me if I said that first :)
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 1:45PM on 02/11/09
Wow I had no idea there were so many!? I'll have to watch these.
@gutreactions - Ratatouille is DEFINITELY my favourite animated film ever.
I've seen Chocolat; it's got a really good storyline.
Does Sideways count? I thought it was a cute movie.
Fried Green Tomatoes (?)
Good Burger by Nickelodeon
Super Size Me
Side Note: Did anyone notice that Jaque Pepin was a featured guest on Ugly Betty last week? And then they mentioned Mario Batali in it as well! I was like--oh god cool! I'm a food-nerd.
hungrychristel at 2:14PM on 02/11/09
Eating Raoul
Delicatessen
hungryinhouston at 5:53PM on 02/11/09
Now here's one from around 1980 - a great movie 'The Gods Must Be Crazy'. Not about food, but the plot centered around a Coke Bottle.
Also - don't forget 'Alice's Restaurant'. The great Thanksgiving caper !
I know I'm aging myself....these are cult classics and you should try and track them down.
Ribster at 7:55PM on 02/11/09
Sideways! I do have to also give a shoutout to Chocolat. I first saw that movie at a high school summer camp. The mother of one of the counselors was some kind of a candy tester/buyer, so we got to snack on soon-to-be-marketed chocolates to fit the theme of the movie. I remember eating some new M&Ms, but I'm not sure if I ever saw them mass marketed. It was so fun!
runnereater at 8:04PM on 02/11/09
@ribster - "the gods must be crazy" was one of the greatest movies ever made IMHO.....
what about "I LIKE KILLING FLIES" - kenny shopsin & family's story.... loved that movie .... places like that and people like kenny are on the endangered species list.
pooch at 9:36PM on 02/11/09
Technically, Sophia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" wasn't about food, but it featured all kinds of French pastry porn so I think it counts.
PumpkinBear at 10:51PM on 02/11/09
Another super classic was 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' 1967.
So then to twist the topic a little, let's not forget those movies where there were some really fun 'food related' scenes:
Animal House - the infamous John Belushi food fight.
The Blues Brothers - the Chicago cafe scene with Aretha Franklin.
Blazing Saddles - the funny campfire bean scene.
Ghostbusters (2) - the Stay puffed marshmallow man.
I'm sure there's thousands more out there !
Ribster at 5:38AM on 02/12/09
I had nightmares after seeing "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and her Lover". Seriously some crazy shit.
iliana at 2:10PM on 02/12/09
Mostly Martha and Ratatouille. @whatseatingme, wonder no more- Mystic Pizza is a real place, in Mystic Connecticut, if you're ever out that way. Never been there, but I heard it lives up to the film.
Embackus at 4:23PM on 02/12/09
Ratatouille, Big Night... I also really liked the movie Dinner Rush. And Waitress! Now I want pie.
fishyswede at 7:07PM on 02/12/09
Mystic Pizza for sure. I'm from CT so that's one of my favorite movies to begin with.
labcab at 8:39PM on 02/12/09
The ones that come to the top of my mind are
Big Night
The Cook, The Thief...
Alive!
Nursie at 12:33AM on 02/13/09
I love Chocolat....but not so much for the chocolate...more for the Johnny Depp. :o)
juliebugsmama at 2:41PM on 02/13/09
Fast Food Nation - you will never want a burger again after seeing it. Very indie (which I don't usually like), but very....insightful. Greg Kinnear is the main character. Worth watching!
dharmon at 3:01PM on 02/18/09
What's Cooking; Tortilla Soup; Eat Drink Man Woman; Chocolat; Mostly Martha; Woman On Top; Big Night; Waitress; and the bizarre The Green Butchers.
cookingathome at 4:00PM on 02/24/09
Tortilla Soup is great. Everytime I come across it while channel surfing I watch it no matter how long its been on.
JasonP at 11:32AM on 03/01/09