You already took my top choices—the first two GODFATHER movies. There is a sensuality to the food scenes that draws you in, and makes you feel a part of this family...only to see you're sitting down to dinner with a bunch of stone killers and a Mob lawyer! That used to be one of Coppola's genuine gifts as a filmmaker—I am so sad to see him eject that in favor of slick surfaces that I often slide off of.
So, I'll take the lunch scene in APOCALYPSE NOW, the last great film Francis Coppola did! Everybody sitting around the table eating roast beef, prawns, and casually talking as Willard sits there, clearly feeling out of his element and wondering WTF he's doing here having lunch...with General Roger(?) Corman! (I laughed out loud when I saw G.D. Spradlin's nametag the first time I saw the movie—everybody else in the theater was looking at me funny.) Slowly, the reason for Willard's presence is unveiled, and when he hears Kurtz's voice on the tape he knows he's hooked....
You already took my top choices—the first two GODFATHER movies. There is a sensuality to the food scenes that draws you in, and makes you feel a part of this family...only to see you're sitting down to dinner with a bunch of stone killers and a Mob lawyer! That used to be one of Coppola's genuine gifts as a filmmaker—I am so sad to see him eject that in favor of slick surfaces that I often slide off of.
So, I'll take the lunch scene in APOCALYPSE NOW, the last great film Francis Coppola did! Everybody sitting around the table eating roast beef, prawns, and casually talking as Willard sits there, clearly feeling out of his element and wondering WTF he's doing here having lunch...with General Roger(?) Corman! (I laughed out loud when I saw G.D. Spradlin's nametag the first time I saw the movie—everybody else in the theater was looking at me funny.) Slowly, the reason for Willard's presence is unveiled, and when he hears Kurtz's voice on the tape he knows he's hooked....