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A sleeper hit of the early 1980s, Eating Raoul is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption. Warhol superstar Mary Woronov and cult legend Paul Bartel (who also directed) portray a prudish married couple feeling put upon by the swingers who live in their apartment building; one night, by accident, they discover a way to simultaneously realize their dream of opening a little restaurant and rid themselves of the "perverts" down the hall. A mix of hilarious, anything-goes slapstick and biting satire of me-generation self-indulgence, Eating Raoul marks the end of the sexual revolution with a thwack.
Special Edition Features:
- New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Gary Thieltges, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Richard Blackburn, art director Robert Schulenberg, and editor Alan Toomayan
- The Secret Cinema (1968) and Naughty Nurse (1969), two short films by director Paul Bartel
- Cooking Up "Raoul," a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with stars Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, and Edie McClurg
- Gag reel of outtakes from the film
- Archival interview with Bartel and Woronov
- Trailer
- Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 83 minutes
- Paul Bartel
English
- 18
- Paul Bartel
- Mary Woronov
- Robert Beltran
- Lynn Hobart
- Susan Saiger
English, Hindi
- 16:9 - 1.85:1
- English
- 1
- B
- 2
- CRITERION COLLECTION
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A sleeper hit of the early 1980s, Eating Raoul is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption. Warhol superstar Mary Woronov and cult legend Paul Bartel (who also directed) portray a prudish married couple feeling put upon by the swingers who live in their apartment building; one night, by accident, they discover a way to simultaneously realize their dream of opening a little restaurant and rid themselves of the "perverts" down the hall. A mix of hilarious, anything-goes slapstick and biting satire of me-generation self-indulgence, Eating Raoul marks the end of the sexual revolution with a thwack.
Special Edition Features:
- New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Gary Thieltges, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Richard Blackburn, art director Robert Schulenberg, and editor Alan Toomayan
- The Secret Cinema (1968) and Naughty Nurse (1969), two short films by director Paul Bartel
- Cooking Up "Raoul," a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with stars Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, and Edie McClurg
- Gag reel of outtakes from the film
- Archival interview with Bartel and Woronov
- Trailer
- Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 83 minutes
- Paul Bartel
English
- 18
- Paul Bartel
- Mary Woronov
- Robert Beltran
- Lynn Hobart
- Susan Saiger
English, Hindi
- 16:9 - 1.85:1
- English
- 1
- B
- 2
- CRITERION COLLECTION
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Eating-In
A stunning restoration by the Criterion Collection Packed with a vast amount of special features including Paul Bartel’s short films and a menu inspired leaflet. Eating Raoul has a fantastically original premise that contains orchestrated murder with a frying pan. It’s rare for me to want a film to last longer; however length isn’t the only thing I wanted more from it. I hope this film grows on me as it contains the ingredients for a classic. Eating Raoul is definitely worth checking out: it might not leave you in hysterics, but it definitely won’t leave you deadpanned.
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