Food Stylist (1936, 1938); OT: Food in Film

[Beverly Flanigan]

At 10:19 PM 4/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:

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>OT: FOOD IN FILM
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>"Yes!  Yes!  Oh, yes!  Yes!  Oh God! Yes! Yes!  Yes!  YES!
>YES!  YES!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>--Meg Ryan in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989)
Hmmm--Molly Bloom said it better in _Ulysses_.

But seriously, don't forget "Like Water for Chocolate" and the Danish movie
"Babette's Feast"--yummy!


>    I really should take my first dates to Katz's Deli, but they never do
> look like Meg Ryan.
>    The NYPL's performing arts library's clipping files aren't great for
> food.  A clipping from September 1981 of the Denver Center Cinema's Great
> International Food Film Festival contained these films:  WHO IS KILLING
> THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE?, SOYLENT GREEN, GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN
> MOTHERS, THE ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (filmed version of Andrew
> Smith's books), THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, MILDRED PIERCE, FATSO, TOM
> JONES, WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE
> BOURGEOISIE, WHISKEY GALORE, WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY?, and THE GOOD EARTH.
>    An article on food documentaries was in the NEW YORK TIMES, 18 March
> 1992, pg. C8.  This amusing quotation is from M. F. K.: A DOCUMENTARY ON
> THE LIFE OF MARY FRANCES KENNEDY FISHER:  "Even in the worst book," she
> says, waving a microphone, "there is one jewel, the jewel in a toad's
> head.  I just don't have the time anymore to look for it.  All these idea
> books.  The story of bread or the story of potatoes.  Some editor will
> say, 'Well, write about peanuts.'  And some poor soul does."
>    These titles are from OCLC WorldCat:
>
>
>MD TOWSON UNIV  TSC (Only library--ed.)
>Title: Dining in the dark :
>a cultural analysis of food in American film /
>Author(s): Newberg, Michael Robert.
>Year: 1997
>Description: vi, 136 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
>Language: English
>  SUBJECT(S)
>Descriptor: Food in motion pictures.
>Food habits.
>Mass media and culture.
>Note(s): Vita./ Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-136)./
>Dissertation: Thesis (M.A.) - Towson State University, 1997.
>Class Descriptors: LC: PN1995.9.F6
>Responsibility: by Michael Robert Newberg.
>Material Type: Thesis/dissertation (deg); Manuscript text (mtx)
>Document Type: Book
>Entry: 19970714
>Update: 19970714
>Accession No: OCLC: 37290651
>Database: WorldCat
>
>
>DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS  DLC (Only library so far--ed.)
>Title: Food in film :
>a culinary performance of communication /
>Author(s): Ferry, Jane, 1941-
>Publication: New York : Routledge,
>Projected Date: 0307
>Year: 2003
>Description: p. cm.
>Language: English
>Series: American popular history & culture; Variation: American popular
>history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
>Standard No: ISBN: 0415945836 (alk. paper); LCCN: 2003-46530
>  SUBJECT(S)
>Descriptor: Food in motion pictures.
>Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and index.
>Class Descriptors: LC: PN1995.9.F65; Dewey: 791.43/655
>Responsibility: Jane F. Ferry.
>Document Type: Book
>Entry: 20030317
>Update: 20030327
>Accession No: OCLC: 51931190
>Database: WorldCat