# Food in Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791 "2009-01-30T22:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791/1 "2009-01-30T22:22:15Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504264), on how restaurants prepare risotto immediately developed into a discussion about the film Big Night, and that got me thinking; it’s been a while since we had a Food in Film discussion. Some old threads, [Movies about food](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301310&highlight=Iron+Monkey) and [Best Movie Food Scenes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=234912&highlight=Iron+Monkey) So, what’s new out there? ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791/2 "2009-01-31T01:13:26Z")
There’s the Devil’s Tower scene in _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_. Yeah, it’s probably not what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791/3 "2009-01-31T02:30:26Z")
The sitcom Big Bang Theory has the characters constantly sitting around eating their take-out food, and it always makes me hungry. I wish I could subsist entirely on take-out Thai, Indian, Chinese, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791/4 "2009-01-31T11:52:26Z")
If food were sex, **The Age of Innocence** would be hardcore. Then there’s the **Rocky Horror Picture Show** : “Oh no! Meat Loaf again!” There was a fun little kitchen scene in **9 1/2 Weeks** (and a great parody of it in **Hot Shots** ). **Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom** : “Iced Monkey Brains!” ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791/5 "2009-01-31T13:53:24Z")
The first film to come to mind for me was [Last Supper](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113613/). It’s from '95 though, so it isn’t particularly new. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791/6 "2009-01-31T15:09:43Z")
Ratatouille was pretty good. I haven’t been able to find a copy of Big Night yet unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-in-film/483791/7 "2009-01-31T17:43:20Z")
I saw [Dinner Rush](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229340/) starring Danny Aiello on sale at the Dollar Store the other day for a fin. I just barely remember seeing it back in 2001 or something. Don’t remember too much… most popular Italian Restaurant in NY, a gambling sous chef, and the mob moving in.