First order of boofness: Anthony Bourdain.

Matt Johnson’s bildungsroman of the bon viveur raconteur serves as an origin story of the rock and roll chef. His risqué chronicles of the ne’er do wells and boys behaving badly of the culinary underbelly make for bold cinematic exploration. Why then did this leave Jessie in tears?

We will be poring over the individual ingredients of AI24’s new release - the latest in Johnson’s filmic catalog which explores the delusional ambition of its protagonist.

With this we wanted to look back at other films which may have helped inform this century’s filmic fascination with exploring obsessive and delusional characters. We will be drawing parallels from the enduring indulgence of Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz (1979).

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