Coming to NYC’s Film Forum next Wednesday, July 27: EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS
Gereon Wetzel’s delectable observational portrait of a Michelin three-star restaurant had its world premiere at IDFA last year, and has screened at a number of festivals since. Kino Lorber’s Alive Mind label is bringing the film to theatres, beginning with a two-week run at Film Forum, and hopefully foodie audiences will come out to support it.
I wrote about the film out of True/False for indieWIRE, saying:
Wetzel’s film, which premiered at IDFA, offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how Spanish chef Ferran Adria, a leader in molecular gastronomy, developed and executed the seasonal menu of his exclusive Catalan restaurant, El Bulli, which is slated to shut down permanently in December. The audience becomes privy to the months-long process his cadre of chefs and he go through over the course of a year – extensive and meticulous food experimentation, menu refinement, and implementation when the restaurant reopens for the new season. The documentary captures the joy of surprise and invention while simultaneously providing a window into the working relationship of a group of professional chefs.
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