Jeanne Dielman–Cooking Video Contest

[David A. Goldfarb]

The Criterion Collection is hosting a cooking video competition to celebrate the release of the Criterion edition of Chantal Akerman's film, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.

Even if you aren't interested in such things, watch the clip. It's slow, quiet objectivity is a cleansing antidote to The Food Network--

http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1223

[feedmec00kies]

Wow, they're finally releasing a DVD? When I saw that film a few years ago in college as part of a Feminist Film Theory course, it was because we were lucky enough that the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY managed to get a copy to have a viewing.

Anyway... that scene with the meatloaf was one of the most memorable of that film, and amazingly hypnotic. I'm not a filmmaker, so I can't hope to top that.

[David A. Goldfarb]

Yes, I just added it to my Netflix queue.

Here are a couple more scenes--

[Oy! "It's/its" typo in my previous post, and I can't edit.]

Edited September 1, 2009 by David A. Goldfarb (log)