Warning: Don’t watch this if you’re hungry and food is not immediately available. Wayne Wang directs this documentary about Cecilia Chiang, the patron saint of Chinese cooking in America. Originally intended as a memento of Chiang preparing a banquet in her apartment, it grew into a feature on the life of the woman who opened San Francisco’s famed restaurant the Mandarin in 1961. Her students over the years have included such renowned chefs as Julia Child, James Beard and Alice Waters. Soul Of A Banquet includes interviews with Chiang, now 95, along with Waters and food writer Ruth Reichl. Oscilloscope Laboratories plans a slow rollout starting this month. Seconds will be available.
- 10/8/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Director Wayne Wang had one of his biggest successes with The Joy Luck Club, which traced the stories of a cluster of Chinese immigrant women in San Francisco. So there's a natural through-line to Soul of a Banquet, his charming valentine to celebrated restaurateur and chef Cecilia Chiang. The documentary recounts her privileged background in pre-Cultural Revolution China with poignant personal insight, and then shifts focus to follow in meticulous detail her preparation of a lavish celebratory feast. Foodies who turned out for films like Jiro Dreams of Sushi should eat up this Oscilloscope release, due out in
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- 6/28/2014
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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