The French Do It Again!

Damned if there isn't a lovely scene of people sitting around a table eating a meal together within minutes of the start of Kristen Scott-Thomas'  flick  Il y a longtemps que je t'aime  ( I've Loved You So Long.)  And, in fact, the characters, young and old alike, are shown eating more than once in the course of the film---maybe even three times a day! ( And preparing food....OMG.)

Now-- the movie is a tour de force for Ms S-T, and I wallowed in the interiors, the eating, etc., but at the end, when you comprehend what the entire film has been based on, you think "Please!"

That said, I was trying to recall the last American film where I noted  anyone fueling up. Maybe the Wild West saga, Appaloosa, directed by Ed Harris. A few of the characters had breakfast in their hotel together, not that I really took in if or what they were eating. I was too distracted by the exorbitant cheeks of Renee Zellweger---she likely ate nothing, so filled were her pouches with nuts--and besides, her lips are always pursed to such an extent that I imagine it is with great effort that she speaks, let alone eats. 

( I know, that was mean. I was truly impressed with the work RZ put into song and dance for her role in Chicago.)

Oh--there was a bag of dog food in Bolt, methinks. ( I never finished watching this--once I learned the dog was being lied to, that was that!)

Soon I will be taking a look at Brooklyn Lobster, a 2006 movie about a threatened family business that must, please, involve some crustacean-nibbling. Maybe even drawn butter.

Comments

[Foodie]

Now that surprises me, Rose--even in Belgium?!
Maybe those bucolic, big table meals occur only in films and commercials these days...OY!

But as I was saying to a friend yesterday, I invite people over for dinner much more in the summer when we can all be outdoors.
Hmm.

[Rose]

"Moonlight" with Cher??? Where the old geezer feeds his dog under the table while the family has a meal?? Ah, I forgot, they were Italians. They had breakfast too- you even saw a close-up of the cute way of serving eggs.

Here in Yurrup you see endless commercials set mainly in France and Italy where there are large tables in gardens and everyone EATS and DRINKS in sunshine.
( Introduction of product ) It usually leaves me in a good mood and whistful.

But you are talking about family meals around the table. Truly a thing of the past for most people.

You should see the single-portion-prepared- meals section in the supermarket.

Huge.