Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:13:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Steve Cameron <stevecam-AT-interactive.net>
Subject: Re: PLC: Gustatory Studies



**Nor should _Tom Jones_ be forgotten.

/Steve Cameron, FDU


On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Christopher Elliot wrote:

> Yes, and don't forget _Babettes Feast_.
> 
> Chris Elliot
> 
> 
> At 02:21 PM 11/13/97 -0500, David Langston wrote:
> >
> >If you are looking for films which feature food or its
> >preparation as thematically central, I can think of a few
> >off the top of my head: 
> >  Eating Raoul
> >  Viridiana
> >  The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and her Lover
> >  Modern Times
> >  The Salamander
> >  Like Water for Chocolate
> >  The Gold Rush
> >  
> >If, however, you include films where talking about food or using
> >conversation while eating, then the list becomes unmanagably large.  Would
> >you, for instance, include the concluding scene in _Pulp Fiction_? ...or
> >the discussion of fast food in France earlier in the same film?...or the
> >parodic reversal of a dinner party in _Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie_? 
> >...or the dinner table epic, _My Dinner with Andre_?...or the breakfast 
> >table montage in _Citizen Kane_?
> >
> >It is an interesting topic.  I'm wondering if one could develop a
> >taxonomy of "food situations"....or if there is a phenomenological
> >question lurking in this subject.
> >                              David Langston
> >                              Mass. College of Liberal Arts
> >                              dlangsto-AT-mcla.mass.edu
> >
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