Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 29 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Petersen |
| production | David Petersen |
| music | David Petersen |
| camera | Reuben Aaronson , Zack Krieger , Steve Raimondi |
| cut | David Petersen |
| occupation | |
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Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 is an American documentary from 1989. The focus of the film is the history and everyday life of the Sherrill’s restaurant and bakery near the Capitol in Washington, DC . Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 was nominated for the Oscar in the category Best Documentary (Short Film) , but did not win it.
action
The film tries to capture a typical day in the restaurant: from six in the morning to nine in the evening. The focus is on Lola Revis, the owner of the restaurant, and her two daughters, Dorothy and Kathyleen. The cooks, bakers and waitresses are shown at work and have their say in between. Some of the regular guests also comment. Often it is about anecdotes from the "good old days". These are sometimes illustrated with old photographs. Difficult moments are not left out either. You can see the Revis family discussing with a cook who didn't come to work.
Awards and nominations
At the 1990 Academy Awards , the film was nominated in the Best Documentary Short Film category.
criticism
In the journal Western folklore , the film in 1992 in regard to the use for which was folklore reviewed and with the documentation Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana . Reviewers Lin T. Humphrey and Theodore C. Humphrey state that Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 is not a film about food or pastries, but about community and continuity. The filmmakers would have "captured the essence of the place, the food, the people and the tradition from which a community can emerge".
production
Petersen first came to Sherrill’s in 1983 and was impressed by the visit to the time capsule. The Sherill’s was bought by Samuel Revis in 1941. His wife said in 1988 that the bar still looks like it did back then. Petersen had previously worked as an editor on short films. Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 is his first major work as a director. He began shooting in late 1988, which lasted a year, and was awarded a District of Columbia Community Humanities Council grant to make the film.
The Sherill's was founded in 1922 and closed in July 2000th
Web links
- The film on David Petersen's official Vimeo channel
- Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lin T. Humphrey and Theodore C. Humphrey: Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana by Les Blank; Maureen Gosling; Fine Food, Fine Pastries Open 6 to 9 by David Peterson [sic ] , in: Western Folklore, Vol. 51, No. 3/4 (Jul.-Oct., 1992), pp. 317-320, pp. 319.
- ^ A b Glen Elsasser: DC Diner May Serve Up An Oscar , in: Chicago Tribune, on March 14, 1990.
- ↑ Pad Padua: Former Restaurants of Capitol Hill: Sherrill's ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on: dcist.com, on June 2, 2015.
