A 1982 black comedy directed by, cowritten by and costarring paul bartel. Eating raoul is a black comedy film which concerns the life of a married couple paul and mary who are trying to open up a restaurant but are basically broke, and the wife is dealing with a bunch of men who decide to sexual assault her where one day the couple manages to kill one of the perverts and discovers that he is loaded with cash. It is also possible to buy eating raoul on amazon video as download or. I remember clearing out a family thanksgiving dinner thirty years ago by insisting we all watch eating raoul. I must admit i cringed when i recently rewatched it, thinking of my poor parents running away at the first sign of nudity. A sleeper hit of the early 1980s, eating raoul is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of. Eating raoul webpages, the film was shot on multiple stocks, cadged from a variety of sources. With mary woronov, paul bartel, robert beltran, susan saiger. What i found interesting about the film was nary a drop of blood was shed despite the.
The commentary this film provides about not only how hollywood works but also how the real american dream works is on point. Eating raoul all poor paul and mary bland want in life is enough money to buy their own restaurant in valencia, california and call it paul and marys country kitchen. Its relentless in its farcical portrayal of societal atrophy that i liken to a classic tex avery skit given a feature length. It is about a prudish married couple played by bartel and woronov who, in an effort to raise money to buy their dream restaurant, resort to killing affluent swingers and robbing them. A snippet from the 1982 film eating raoul, in which a nun with the sixth sense tries to convince raoul robert beltran to stop putting dead bodies into the doggie king dog food. Rent eating raoul 1982 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Bartel made eating raoul independently after making a name for himself with new world pictures films deathrace 2000 and cannonball. Eating raoul is a 1982 american black comedy film written, directed by and starring paul bartel. When raoul starts demanding a share of mary as well, paul has to take drastic steps. Inspired in part by the original british the ladykillers and kind hearts and coronets. My son insisted this 1980s black comedy would not hold up, but he was wrong. Much of it was shot on donated short ends, short unused portions of unexposed film.
Eating raoul is a lively black comedy about the aftershocks of the sexual revolution in america. Watch movie online, free streaming eating raoul full movie. And you can watch eating raoul criterion collection movie online streaming in hd quality. Eating raoul 1982 paul bartel, mary woronov, robert beltran april 23, 2019 when a paul enters his apartment to find mary fighting off a swinger who has gotten into the wrong apartement and thinks that mary is just playing hard to get he hits the man with a frying pan, killing him. Cult film icons mary woronov and paul bartel both of whom directed play a married couple who decide to cash in on the sexual perversions of others. Writerdirector bartel and his favorite bmovie muse mary woronov star as an uptight and exaggeratedly square couple, the blands, whore social outcasts in the.
Directed by paul bartel and starring paul bartel, mary. Watch full movie eating raoul full movie in any format and hd quality. One night, by accident, they discover a way to simultaneously rid themselves of the perverts down. Eating raoul 1982 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Eating raoul is a 1982 american black comedy film written, directed by and starring paul bartel alongside mary woronov, robert beltran in his motion picture debut, ed begley jr. This week we return to the sexed up 1980s with the black comedy masterpiece eating raoul. The film noticeably lacks a polished, carefullydesigned style, feeling largely like something meant for the stage. 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. Watch free eating raoul criterion collection full movie online without downloading. It is definitely an 80s comedy with its dry humor, over the top scenarios, and quick witted dialogue but never beats you to death with slapstick nor does the climax kill.
Paul bartel, mary woronov, robert beltran, susan saiger, lynn hobart, paul bartel. Mary woronov paul bartel eating raoul 1982 youtube. This sleeper hit of the early 1980s is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption. The key to eating raoul isnt the sensational content, but the blithe, matteroffact attitude bartel and woronov take to it. Coincidentally, the script was later turned into a. Eating raoul is only one of the many outrageous things that paul and mary bland do in this outrageous black comedy thats almost certain to be the upfromunderground movie of the year. Eating raoul was celebrated at the time of its release as the perfect marriage between mainstream moviemaking and the socalled underground cinema.
Eating raoul is an american film thats good enough to be european. Eating raoul 1982 letterboxd social film discovery. Eating raoul paul bartel mary woronov robert beltran 1982 the absurd blands paul bartel, mary woronov lure swingers home to be conked by a skillet, robbed and removed by raoul robert beltran. A sleeper hit of the early 1980s, eating raoul is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption. Currently you are able to watch eating raoul streaming on kanopy, criterion channel. Eating raoul is bartels fourth fulllength feature after two other wildly popular cult favorites, private parts and death race 2000. Rent eating raoul 1982 starring mary woronov and paul bartel on dvd and bluray. Eating raoul 1982 paul bartel, mary woronov, robert beltran.
Watch eating raoul criterion collection full movie for free. Warhol superstar mary woronov and cult legend paul bartel who also directed portray a prudish married couple who feel put upon. Warhol superstar mary woronov and cult legend paul bartel who also directed portray a prudish married couple who feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. Vincent canby it is full of smiles, punctuated here and there by marvelously unseemly guffaws, but most of the time it works its little wonders quietly.
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