Babette’s Feast/VHS 
“https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000053VBK/jeffpottersoutyo”>Babette’s Feast/DVD The greatest beau geste flick ever. What a story! What delivery! A famous Paris chef flees to the northland and becomes the house servant for a Puritan family in austere climes. Two sisters make their loyal way thru a quiet life…wondering about love…feeling it…feeling it…watching it creep in…trying so hard to reach out…then everyone gets their chance, and oh boy, what do we find? My oh my these aren’t our usual dumplings….
Big Night 
Working for a living at something you care about. “Grab life by the ass and pull it to you!” –go Ian Holm. Stan Tucci acts and directs, whatever that means, but I guess he’s getting to be famous now. His great first effort.
Tom Jones 
Yay! Let’s eat! Let’s sleep with our dogs! I dare you! (Today’s actors, eat yer heart out.) Albert Finney—a kid, over the top. Well supported, need we say. The bug-eyed county sheriff is fine as a rival debaucher. Is it a food movie or a dog movie?
Cook Thief Wife Lover 
Ornate. Wonderful music and colors. What a bad, bad man. So loud, so imperious. He says what he wants and grabs it. Yet can he control everything? Life? Art? Love? What a restaurant! Watch out! Strong, very strong ODIFEROUS scenes. An odiferous movie. On a grand odiferous scale. Peter Greenaway directs. But Helen Mirren is HOT. And Tim Roth is wicked low and sneaky. His first
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