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La Grande Bouffe (Blow-Out) (Blow Out) (1973)

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Subversive Italian satirist Marco Ferreri directed and co-wrote (with Rafael Azcona) this grotesquely amusing French black comedy about four men who grow sick of life, and so meet at a remote villa with the goal of literally eating themselves to death. The quartet comes from various walks of life -- a pilot (Marcello Mastroianni), a chef (Ugo Tognazzi), a television host (Michel Piccoli), and a judge (Philippe Noiret) -- but all are successful men with excessive appetites for life's pleasures

NC-17, 2 hr. 10 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Aug 19, 2008

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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)

There's a disconnect since the four main characters aren't likable people and they don't act reasonably towards themselves or anyone else, but we aren't give any real POV. They aren't comic slobs to laugh at nor do they have any aristocratic dignity.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Examiner.com | Comment
Examiner.com

Estranho e por vezes chocante, o filme é rico em simbolismos em sua análise sobre as frustrações do homem moderno, retratando a degradação de seus personagens através da entrega total à realização dos prazeres da carne (em sentidos literal e figurativo).

July 30, 2003 Comment
Cinema em Cena
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Audience Reviews for La Grande Bouffe (Blow-Out) (Blow Out)

The European arthouse movie, since the 50s at least, has been generally seen in opposition to Hollywood. Instead of relying on cartoonish genre, broad comedy and loud, violent action, it supposedly offers analysis, detail, character, critique, context, civilised intelligence. Crudely put, Hollywood appeals to the

October 31, 2009
matertenebraum

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"La Grande Bouffe" is a French/Italian movie from 1973 about four successful middle-aged men - a judge, television star, chef and airline pilot - who get together for one weekend in an ancient chateau to eat and eat and eat some fabulous dishes. And because he cannot go more than ten minutes without having sex, the

March 22, 2005
Harlequin68
Walter M.

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Foreign Titles

  • Das große Fressen (DE)
  • La grande bouffe (UK)
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