La Grande Bouffe (Grande Abbuffatta). Marco Ferreri, 1973.
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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray, released 2015. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 130 minutes.
Summary: Culinary corpses.
Details:
1) Parade of Carcasses, culminating in Michel Piccolli dancing around with a boiled calf’s head, 18:15-20:50.
2) Close-up of a piglet roasting on a spit.
3) Turkey butchered on a chopping block, 1:13:25-1:13:48.
4) Parade of Carcasses D.S. al Coda, 2:05:09-2:05:12, and 2:07:40-2:08:20.
Comparatively, this is all pretty mild except for the turkey murdering scene, which still contains no blood or gore since the camera is positioned above the beheading. La Grande Bouffe does not wallow in the mistaken cuteness of mutilating animals like Les Blank’s films.