[Sca-cooks] Another movie for the Food List

[Patrick Levesque]

Not to mention to infinite variety of frog recipes :-)

Petru




> I saw a very interesting flick the other night, "The Triplettes of
> Belleville".  It was nominated for an Acadamy Award for Best Song, but lost
> out to TLOTR sweep (and that horrible Annie Lennox song, probably the worst
> thing she's ever done - it shouldn't have won, but I was rooting for "The
> Kiss" from "A Mighty Wind" myself...)
> Anyhow, 'Triplettes' is notable for some fine animation and an intriguing
> storyline, but the reason I bring it up for addition to the Food Movie List
> is because of it's look at "The Food Culture" of North America.  Belleville
> is a composite of NY, Montreal, and Toronto.  There are hamburger joints on
> every corner, and everyone including the dogs and pigeons are fat.  Champion
> (the much-suffering grandson) also eats a measured amount of a particular
> glop that the animator evidently remembers fondly from his own childhood, a
> mixture of potatoes, sardines and fish bones.  (The dog ends up eating most
> of it, but you'll have to see the film to get the true comedy that the dog
> represents.)
> I found myself ruminating on the whole treatment of food within a movie
> that is not about food at all, and it occurred to me that it was a worthy
> addition to the section "One or Two Memorable Scenes".
> You have to be in the mindset for a silent film, as there is very little
> dialogue.  But, it has a catchy tune, is well animated in a variety of
> styles, and has a pretty good story.
> Christianna
> 
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