[Sca-cooks] Foodie Movie Supreme: Vatel

[Olwen the Odd]

Thanks!  I'll take a look.
Olwen
>
>I think I saw it for sale online at express.com...you might try looking for
>it
>there!
>
>Kiri
>
>Olwen the Odd wrote:
>
> > >OK, i know this is old news to many...
> > >
> > >I *finally* rented "Vatel", which came out about a year and a half
> > >ago. I really enjoyed it. And took place only about 70 years out of
> > >"SCA period".
> > >
> > >For those who don't know, it's a fictional account of a series of
> > >major feasts and festivities produced by Vatel, a master chef in the
> > >employ of the Prince de Conde', and served to The French Sun King
> > >Louis XIV and his huge and devious entourage.
> > >
> > >I was, naturally, especially riveted by the kitchen sequences. I just
> > >kept imagining how much better a feast i could do with such a large
> > >and knowledgeable staff to prepare the food - and such a HUGE
> > >kitchen, ok, series of kitchens...
> > >
> > >If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth renting. Perhaps not
> > >the best acting by everyone in the cast of luminaries, but a very
> > >well done film, and quite a few good acting turns. I felt the
> > >extremely negative reviews were unwarranted. Sure, it wasn't *great*,
> > >but it was really really good. I guess the folks wanted an action
> > >hero and automatic weapons.
> > >
> > >Just watching Vatel in the kitchens and coordinating the
> > >entertainments got me in a state of pre-Feast stress :-)
> > >
> > >Anahita
> >
> > Funny that.  I rented Vatel again this past weekend to take along for
> > viewing at my hostesses home Christmas Eve.  She enjoyed the movie
>almost as
> > much as me.  I have seen the thing roughly 8 times thus far and plan to
> > purchase it if I ever find it for sale.
> >
> > I agree, having a knowledgeable staff in the kitchen really *IS* all
>that.
> > As a memeber of the Bright Hills Cooks Guild I can attest.  We do work
>well
> > together.  We each know our niche and the skills of the others in the
>group
> > and that is the secret I suppose.
> >
> > The production cost of Vatel must have been a budget buster, don't you
> > agree?
> > Olwen
> >
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