6/3/2023 0 Comments Babette's feast dinesen![]() ![]() She then fondly recalls the positive reactions the film received during its run. She explains that there was difficulty getting funding, but the fact that Out of Africa (which was also based on a story by Karen Blixen) won an Oscar suddenly made it much easier. ![]() ![]() Stephan Audran then talks about the film, going over her performance as Babette and then into an extraordinary amount of detail about her costume and the film’s costumes in general. Axel’s blunt and funny and I wish his segment was actually longer. He talks about how his wife first showed him the story and his work in getting funding for it (he received a lot of “no” responses by the sounds of it.) From here he talks about the food, actually having the food that appears prepared, and its success in the States, recalling a funny moment where, after winning the Oscar for Best Picture, he was approached about making a sequel. Babette’s Feast features quite a bit of supplemental material, opening with a short 9-minute interview with director Gabriel Axel. ![]()
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