Marco Ferreri made "La Grande Bouffe" (The Big Dinner/Meal) in 1973. It's a Franco-Italian production that includes some of the best from both worlds: Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, polenta and crêpes suzette. The story goes...four friends lock themselves away in the villa of an aristocratic, vieux-garçon (played by Philippe Noiret) to eat until the death. They eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat; become lonesome; invite some ladies to their table; eat some more; and then, dip into some serious debauchery. Even though Fauchon prepared the dishes for this film, all I wanted to eat by the end was some be bim bop. As you may well imagine, there's quite a bit of social commentary running throughout this cinematic number, including, but not limited to the ever so famous saying: You are what you eat.
