Recently I spent two weeks enjoying all my favorite "f-words" at the hugely successful 2010 Starz Denver Film Festival. Just before that I was in the Southwest corner of our state for a long weekend of the same. Now that my year of film festivals is over, I am looking forward to enjoying more great features at the new home of the Denver Film Society on East Colfax next to wonderful Encore, who I dearly hope will open a second home in the empty kitchen of the revived theater complex.What will help me enjoy this cultural sprawl on East Colfax is of course the fact that my wife and I are members of the Denver Film Society. This allows us discounts at the box office in addition to first dibs at festival showings with priority seating. We also get a bunch of free ticket vouchers and are in on one-time special screenings. There are many more perks (see here), my favorite being free popcorn at every movie.
Now at this point you might be thinking, "Why are you telling me about how good your film-going life is?" It may seem envious and luxurious, and if you love watching movies as my wife and I do, it is. But I am not here just to wax proud about my good fortune, no I am here to share a piece of the proverbial pie in what is my biggest and best giveaway contest yet.
Tell me your favorite movie or scene from a movie that features food in some way or another-- and also why it was so memorable/ funny/ sad/ life-changing/ or whatever-- and I will pick a winner who will be awarded a FREE dual membership to the Denver Film Society!
"A FREE DFS Dual Membership!"
All of the benefits I touted above (and more,-- see here for all the perks) can be yours for you and a significant other, friend, family member, roommate, co-worker or anyone that you choose. Email me at denveronaspit at gmail dot com or leave a comment with a way to get in touch with you and when I pick the winner I will get all the other details they will need to sign you up.
In the meantime I will likely be taking a holiday respite, but when I come back it will be with the biggest winner yet!
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I've got my movie (hint: EXTREME!). Can't wait to win the free passes :)
ReplyDeleteHey and congrats on the Westwird award! Epic win, right? My second ever blog post was about food in film. Since then I've watched a bunch and still come back to "Woman on Top" with Penelope Cruz. Ratatouille is pretty sweet and Bella is a great drama. Check out the rest I touched on: http://gourmetglee.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/food-in-film-simply-irresistible/.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Micki (if I win, contact form is on my blog, thanks!)
One of the most provocative films involving food and food appreciation was the Singaporian film "Be With Me." It's a movie about love using four different stories - however, the most compelling (and food related) involves the real-life character Ms. Chan who is both blind and deaf, but who lives with independence and vitality.
ReplyDeleteThere is a marvelous scene watching her crack an egg in one hand with a huge knife in the other. But, the most touching comes later when she develops a relationship with a widowed shopkeeper who is an amazing cook. When she eats his food, she is overwhelmed with emotion that she does not express through words but through moans and grunts. For the widow, he also finds pleasure and purpose.
It's one of the best "food films" because it's not directly a food film. It's about life at its most basic level - love, loneliness, pleasure, food . . .
I hope I haven't told you too much if you haven't seen this one. Note: They have it at the Denver Public Library. Here's a link to a NY Times review: http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/movies/29with.html
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Ratatouille for me, partly because I am low class and enjoy animated films made for children that also happen to entertain adults. Also because the experience ratatouille had when he first discovered the excitement of combining fresh & interesting ingredients is similar to my own: it happened while I was living in the sewer of Paris.
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