Dinner and a Doc, February 13th, 2010

February 6th, 2010

For Dinner and a Doc next Saturday, which is February 13th, we will be screening Lost in La Mancha by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, a film that follows Terry Gilliam during his first attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.  It provides interesting insight into Gilliam as a director, and it also draws some nice parallels between the story of Don Quxote and the film making process.

For those who are interested in a little more information, there is the official trailer, an interview with the directors by Rebecca Murray, and a review of the film by Stephanie Zacharek at Salon.com.

The soup that night will be Butternut Squash Soup with Brown Butter, which is a Thomas Keller creation with a few modifications.

As usual, the event will be at my place, 130 Dublin Street, Guelph, and all are welcome, though please email or leave a comment to let me know that you will be coming. We will eat at about 5:30 and begin the film at about 6:00.

Also, here are some of the upcoming films we will be showing:

March 13th - Scared Straight by Arnold Shapiro
April 10th – Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov
May 8th – The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris

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7 Responses to “Dinner and a Doc, February 13th, 2010”

  1. Curtis Healy Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 2:12 am

    What happened to man or aran?

  2. jeremylukehill Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 8:53 am

    Curtis,

    The reaction to Man of Aran was so poor from the Documenting Justice class that I thought should find a different film to show that month. If you really want to see it, I can always lend it to you.

  3. Curtis Healy Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 11:03 am

    What caused the poorness of reaction? Of course I wish to see it.

  4. jeremylukehill Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Curtis,

    The film is an anthropological study of the fishing culture that existed for many centuries on the island of Aran. It is, in all fairness to my students, a little slow, though it has much to recommend it with respect to its cinematography and its imagery.

  5. Curtis Healy Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 11:47 pm

    I enjoy long slow things.

  6. Jordan Vetro Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 1:08 am

    I will be there with three others for at 5:30. I know that’s a fair number. If we can bring anything along let me know.

    Cheers

  7. jeremylukehill Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 7:42 am

    Jordan,

    There is no need to bring anything.

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