Films that make you want to eat!
I love to work up an appetite by watching a film with great food imagery. Other than "Eat Drink Man Woman," "Big Night" and "Chocolat," what do you suggest? I have heard that "Tampopo" has some great dumpling shots, but can't seem to find it anywhere. I would welcome any suggestions about what your favorite "food film" is!
BunnieBear
Apr 16, 2008 09:06PM
OH man "Chocolat" for sure I saw one movie can't remember the name but the woman cooked her emotions into her food boy did that movie make me hungry......
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Oh, "Like Water for Chocolate,"--also fantastic!
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Are you thinking of WOMAN ON TOP? Ooooh, la la - caliente! All the peppers!
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Chocolat makes me want chocolate in all forms! Dark straight, hot in a cup, fondue... mmmm!
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Heh, that was the first film that came to mind for me, too!
And "Under the Tuscan Sun" makes me crave limoncello.
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"The God Of Cookery" is funny, and makes me hungry every time I watch it. Made by the same Hong Kong director who did "Shaolin Soccer" Tampopo is fantastic, and well-worth finding, for all the ramen.
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Big Night, with Stanley Tucci. one of my favorites- you'll be craving good italian food. Great music, especially the "instrumental" piece "Dinner" that's played with nothing but utensils and silverware.
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Tampopo.
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Yes. My favorite scene is the noodle-slurping scene in the Italian restaurant.
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jeezus, that is one hilarious scene. One of the best short food scenes ever.
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I just saw Tampopo recently almost a decade after I'd seen it last. It was surprising to see two young Japanese actors who have made their way to Hollywood films: Ken Watanabe (Letters from Iwo Jima, Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha) and Koji Yakusho (Babel, Memoirs of a Geisha, Shall We Dance -- a Japanese film but one that did well in the US). I didn't dawn on me who they were until an hour into the film.
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I would love to check this out...where did you see it recently? I couldn't find it at the regular (Netflix, Blockbuster) places nor online...
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We bought a copy on Amazon.com and have watched it several times, so for us it was worth the purchase. Be forewarned, it may give you cravings for noodle soup!
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I agree. Tampopo.
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First two to pop into my head are the Neverfeast sequence in the film "Hook", and the film "Eat Drink Man Woman." The whole film is centered around some tasty looking Chinese cuisine.
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soulfood
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Babette's Feast is commonly mentioned among my friends, but it did not do as much for me as Big Night and Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. To be honest, the scene in Godfather when they're making the marinara sauce always made me want to eat....
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Yeah, every time I make a marinara sauce I actually think of that scene. I always thought it was from the Sopranos, but maybe it was from the Godfather.
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Yep, that scene is in the Godfather when Clemenza is showing Michael how to make marinara...great scene! Love the big old glass jug of wine when he adds the red wine also.
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Ok, that's it.
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Are you talking about the scene from Goodfellas where Paulie is slicing the garlic with a razor blade?
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"Fatso," especially the scene where the main character and his chubby checker start to talk about sucking the jelly out of a jelly donut and inserting a Reece's peanut butter cup in its place.
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Fatso, my choice too.
Also, it makes me cry.
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me too. i also love Dinner Rush
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Half Baked?
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Not a movie that has food as a central component, but Jet Li's Fearless sent me out of the theater scurrying in search of some authentic chinese...
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or how about the kung-fu cooking part of "iron monkey"?
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I stand awed. I didn't think anyone else on here knows Iron Monkey, let alone the kung-fu cooking scene.
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:)
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man i saw that movie first time on some public access channel, untranslated, and a poor bootleg.... and i so wanted to see it again, but didn't know what it was called, or how to find out.. so i resigned myself to never seeing it again.... and then a few years later it got rereleased with subtitles, because of the success of crouching tiger
i couldn't believe, that no only was i seeing it again, but in a fresh good quality print, AND i could follow it in english!
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La Grande Bouffe
http://imdb.com/title/tt0070130/
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Wow I actually thought about that movie but I didn't think anyone else would have. Talk about one crazy ride through gluttony, sex, and at times flatulence.
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Lord of the Rings-
Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop till nightfall.
Pippin: What about breakfast?
Aragorn: You've already had it.
Pippin: We've had one, yes. What about second breakfast?
[Aragorn turns and walks off in disgust]
Merry: I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?
Merry: I wouldn't count on it.
Marie Antoinette- Just watched it yesterday and I am seriously craving whipped cream and fruit covered pastries.
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Ha. Or, towards the beginning of the Two Towers, when Gandalf and gang come upon Pippin & Merry smoking and one of 'em states "The salted pork is particularly good." Kinda made me hungry for a sec.
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So much about the fictional Hobbit culture makes me hungry. Hey: an agrarian people who grow, cook, and enjoy food in a larger context than eating on their own sofa? And really, the Hobbit lust for mushrooms (yum)? What's not to like? How forward looking? Then again, the books were written in the 1940s, and people did similar then, too.
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i remember loving the food scenes in Marie Antoinette and walking out with little recollection of anything else! 1,000,001 pretty little tartelettes and petit fours....
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Not a movie, but a K-Drama series:
Dae Jang Geum: Any of the royal kitchen cooking scenes gets my mouth watering.
My Lovely Samsoon: A story about a female Korean French pastry chef.
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No Reservations with Catherine Zeta Jones. When she described the dish to her doctor, I wanted to have that dish too!
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Watch Old Boy when he orders "I wan t eat something alive." You may never think of eating again. Aside from that, it's one of the most brilliant films ever made.
While it's not really a food movie, no movie has made me crave more than Sideways. I wanted a bottle or three just with the movie. The fact it was a good movie was even better. Silly movie that brings on a craving was Harold & Kumar go to White Castle. But the greatest food/movie was 9 1/2 weeks. Although the craving I got wasn't nevessarily for food!
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For those who haven't seen it, Old Boy is available for rent from NetFlix.
They also have Tampopo, and I believe several other foreign (to America) food films are also available. Check out their foreign language selection.
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They finally got Tampopo??
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Their non American selection has improved quite a bit.
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I definitely joke about that scene in Oldboy. I mean, talk about method acting! De niro has nothing on that guy! I keep wondering how many times they had to do that shot. "Oh, you know what? There was too much shadow on your face. Yeah, you're gonna have to do it again. Can we another octopus, please?"
However, it is a very disturbing film. That must be said.
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The companion french films "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring" leave me craving anything french.
It is a good thing that among 25 posts to date, nobody has mentioned "Reefer Madness".
Finally, if you want to stunt an appetite, the final scene in John Waters' "Pink Flamingos" will get it done.
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I love Jean de Florette and Manon! They don't necessarily make me hungry ... but they're just so good. :)
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and she is SO beautiful!
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I second Eat Drink Man Woman. The Hollywood remake a la hispanic cooking is good too: Tortilla Soup. The Wedding Banquet is excellent also, as well as The Joy Luck Club. Tampopo is awesome, especially the scenes in the French restaurant and the room service scene with the shrimp.
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I also like "What's Cooking,"--the Thanksgiving movie in cross-cultural Los Angeles. Thanks for the tip for finding "Tampopo!"
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in "ducktales the movie: treasure of the lost lamp," there is a scene in which the genie is hiding in a small decorative tree eating potato chips and various nuts. as a kid, this always looked like the most delicious meal i'd ever seen in my life. the genie really sells how much he's enjoying this stuff.
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Wow, that's old school. When I think of that movie I think of the HUGE sundae that fell out of the sky into the inflatable pool. I really wanted that.
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Gotta add "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle!" When the Crave hits, it hits hard!! ;o)
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I was thinking about that one too. Reminded me of when, total spur of the moment, a friend and I drove to Vegas, just to get the fish and chips at Lucky Seven in the Main Street Station casino. Turns out, was removed from the menu, but was no biggie as we were still in Vegas.
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Waitress - I LOVE pie and I was CRAVING it when we left the theater.
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Just the way Keri Russell stirred the mixtures was amazing. Really, the only reasons I liked the movie were its pies and music selection. Apparently someone out there has heard more than the Hallelujah chorus form Messiah. That made me very happy.
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i finally just saw 'waitress' yesterday, and i've been craving her 'lonely chicago pie' ever since!
the other movie that always makes me crave pie is 'true romance' - when clarence & alabama go for a slice at the diner after they meet in the movie theater.
oh, and 'last holiday' with queen latifah definitely made me want to eat.
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Don't forget the Thomas Keller tutorial on the Spanglish DVD on How to make the best sandwich.
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A great extra was in Once Upon a Time in Mexico where Robert Rodriguez shows how to make Puerco Pibil. There's a clip on YouTube that shows the dvd extra
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Those scene's really did make me want to eat, as I watched them, then went and made both dishes. Awesome.
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Truffaut's Argent de Poche, where the little stubborn girl is left home at the apartment, so she gets on her father's bullhorn and shouts "j'ai faim, j'ai faim" to the neighbors, and they send her a cooked trussed chicken, a huge loaf of bread and some wine in a picnic basket. Hilarious and appetite stimulating.
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