``The Menu'' A bloody satire that exposes people's vanity and self-esteem.

Criticism contained in “Bread plate without bread”

"If it gets too dark or too comedic, it can easily become biased. This film needed to have a unique and sharp edge, and that was a unique creative challenge for all of us," says Mark Mylod.

To bring out that unique and sharp edge, they brought in chef Dominique Crenn of the three-star Michelin restaurant Atelier Crenn, who will work with the writing team to create a menu that is both irresistibly charming and wickedly nasty for Hawthorne.

What particularly made a strong impression on me was the "bread plate without bread." Although the restaurant is famous for its bread, only sauce is served. This goes beyond the question of whether something is delicious or not, and is an approach that is extremely contemporary art-like. It reminds me of the contemporary artist Marcel Duchamp's exhibition of a urinal titled "Fountain."

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The audience, while showing skeptical looks, listen to Slovik's grandiose ramblings, digest them in their own way, come to an understanding, and gratefully continue to lick the sauce. What a foolish act! The one being criticized delivers a strong counter attack to the critics, i.e. the wealthy. As someone who is on the fringes of the job of film criticism (though of course I am not wealthy), this scene honestly made me think a lot.

Mark Mylod also stated that the film he most referenced in creating this crowd drama featuring many strong characters, including the chefs in the kitchen who respect military-like discipline and the customers who want to fill their stomachs and their egos. This is also a crowd drama depicting the human drama of wealthy aristocrats set in a country house in the suburbs of England. The screen is filled with a twisted sense of humor that is typical of Robert Altman. The British film sensibility that permeates The Menu may have been born because it was directed by the British director Mark Mylod, not Adam McKay.

A gory satire that exposes people's vanity and self-esteem. This dish is very dangerous.

* https://www.thewrap.com/the-menu-mark-mylod-toronto-interview/

Text: Rui Takeshima

A pop culture writer who wants to be kicked by Hit Girl. Host of the web magazine "POP MASTER".

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