tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post115313640840693262..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Film Fave #8: BIG NIGHT dpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153258489518012112006-07-18T17:34:00.000-04:002006-07-18T17:34:00.000-04:00reel fanatic - I wasn't aware of Mostly Martha, bu...<B>reel fanatic</B> - I wasn't aware of <I>Mostly Martha</I>, but I'll keep a look-out for it. Thanks for the recommendation.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153258343232817542006-07-18T17:32:00.000-04:002006-07-18T17:32:00.000-04:00Scott - you got me running to my CD collection to ...<B>Scott</B> - you got me running to my CD collection to see if in fact you had included that divine little number. Sorry to say it does not exist in CD form, but I wonder if it wasn't included in the first mixed tape you gave me, back when lounge music was once again the rage. Say, now that my tape deck is scotched, I sure could use a CD like that (hint, hint)!Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153249355398577642006-07-18T15:02:00.000-04:002006-07-18T15:02:00.000-04:00Cherie Searchie,As long as the Sljivovica is home-...Cherie Searchie,<BR/>As long as the Sljivovica is home-brewed, saved from the chemicals of distillers, I will willingly be tortured. Would a hunk of <A HREF="http://www.eudict.com/?lang=croeng&word=Kruh" REL="nofollow">hleb</A> and a <A HREF="http://www.gavrilovic.hr/html/en/proizvodi_en.htm" REL="nofollow">Gavrilovic</A> be too much to ask, as well?<BR/><BR/>You would be most kind.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153237959815340322006-07-18T11:52:00.000-04:002006-07-18T11:52:00.000-04:00Whisky:sigh How well I understand your aversion. ...Whisky:<BR/><BR/><EM>sigh</EM> How well I understand your aversion. I've avoided "The Passion of the Christ" for much the same reason(s).<BR/><BR/>Darko:<BR/><BR/>For you, I reserve the long, slow <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slivovitz" REL="nofollow">Slivovitz</A> torture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153229583736008082006-07-18T09:33:00.000-04:002006-07-18T09:33:00.000-04:00Great review of a great movie but you left out one...Great review of a great movie but you left out one big factor: the music. This movie has one of the most delightful soundtracks I've ever encountered (though the CD is sadly out of print -- what's with that?) <BR/><BR/>I believe I once put Claudio Villa's 'Tic-Tic-Ta' on a mix CD for you -- did its sublime silliness not work for you? ;)Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329360007920754967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153224003030468992006-07-18T08:00:00.000-04:002006-07-18T08:00:00.000-04:00Oh no, WP, sounds like the Mennonites did to Babet...Oh no, <B>WP</B>, sounds like the Mennonites did to <I>Babette's Feast</I> what Catholics did to <I>acoustic guitars</I> (via those intolerable <A HREF="http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=44963" REL="nofollow">folk masses</A>.<BR/><BR/>It's been well over 30 years and I still wince when I hear a basic acoustic strum. Why did the Church pick on folk music? They could have done a service to us all by, say, having an Osmond service. Oh, wait a minute, right aisle, wrong Church.<BR/><BR/><B>Searchie</B>, your <I>"But it’s not about food. It’s about choices … and life</I>." wounds me deeply. Why didn't you simply threaten to beat me about the head with a <A HREF="http://www.baking911.com/bread/french.htm" REL="nofollow">ficelle</A>. I much prefer the short term physical punishment than the long term spiritual one.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153218846411021292006-07-18T06:34:00.000-04:002006-07-18T06:34:00.000-04:00Ah, Searchie - who better to raise the spectre of ...Ah, <B>Searchie</B> - who better to raise the spectre of <B>Babbette's Feast</B>? I do like that film, but it has acquired some ironic baggage: Mennonites are <I>crazy</I> about it. When it came out, our churchly publications exhorted us to attend (I guess they finally came to grips with the fact that we were already watching all the "bad" movies, anyway). Groups of Mennos were marshalled to see the movie in force. And ever since, a regular attender can depend on a yearly church video night, or at least one sermonic reference every six to eight months. I've got enough sand in my system to balk at religiously proscribed viewing, no matter how good the movie may be, so I can't quite justify including it on my list.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153189871230534802006-07-17T22:31:00.000-04:002006-07-17T22:31:00.000-04:00“Please, go ahead. Let me have it.”Shall I beat yo...<EM>“Please, go ahead. Let me have it.”</EM><BR/><BR/>Shall I beat you with "Cailles en Sarcophage" (quail in a sarcophagus, à la Babette), then?<BR/><BR/>But it’s not about food. It’s about choices … and life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153180425540476312006-07-17T19:53:00.000-04:002006-07-17T19:53:00.000-04:00psWhen I referred to food movies I'd see again, I ...ps<BR/>When I referred to food movies I'd see again, I would, of course, include <B>The Big Night</B> in the group of two..DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153180324550434062006-07-17T19:52:00.000-04:002006-07-17T19:52:00.000-04:00Searchie, While I did tremendously enjoy seeingBab...<B>Searchie</B>, While I did tremendously enjoy seeing<A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092603/" REL="nofollow">Babbette's Feast</A> once, watching it again would be a dinner invitation I'd gladly decline. I'd have to say the same for <B>Reel Fanatic</B>'s <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246772/" REL="nofollow">Mostly Martha</A>, even thought I enjoyed that movie more than <B>Babette</B>. The only food-related movie that comes to mind that I'd see again would be <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/" REL="nofollow">Tampopo</A>.<BR/><BR/>Please, go ahead. Let me have it.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153175361119508302006-07-17T18:29:00.000-04:002006-07-17T18:29:00.000-04:00When watching "Big Night," I couldn't help but com...When watching "Big Night," I couldn't help but compare and contrast it with "Babette's Feast," which would have to be on <EM>my</EM> list of 15 favorite films.<BR/><BR/>"Big Night" is an unusual and intriguing choice. Nice one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153175255910738402006-07-17T18:27:00.000-04:002006-07-17T18:27:00.000-04:00great review ... Anyone who criticizes this perfec...great review ... Anyone who criticizes this perfect little movie needs to ask why they bother to watch flicks in the first place .. I just love movies about food .. If I may suggest another one, the German flick "Mostly Martha," out now on DVD, is just charmingReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153139159571740472006-07-17T08:25:00.000-04:002006-07-17T08:25:00.000-04:00Wonderful write-up.Your comment, "this movie is an...Wonderful write-up.<BR/>Your comment, <I>"this movie is an essentially American story about vision and compromise"</I>, is painfully true. Never has <A HREF="http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/c.html" REL="nofollow">compromise</A> seemed such a sale of one's principles to the bottom-feeding son of the devil. The compromise has left the First and the Second brother (How great are those names, Primo & Secondo?!?!) with nothing. Though I loved the ending scene, where you <B>do</B> see that Secondo has equisite cooking skills only previously associated with Primo, I thought the restaurant, appropriately titled <B>The Paradise</B>, should have accidently burned down after the sated guests left...and a Louis Primo tune should have viciously played in the background.<BR/>Because? There was no compromise, no paradise. Only unappreciated edible treasures thrown upon the rocky shores of NYC.<BR/>Ian Holm, doing a remarkable turn as a well-tailored Lucifer, is superb as are Stanley Tucci and Tony Shaloub, the latter two playing well off each other in carefully played out subtlety.<BR/>A gem of a movie, whether you're watching for food or just waiting to be served.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com