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THEME EXPLORATION

cooking mishap

8 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Her First Biscuits
Her First Biscuits
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Morons from Outer Space
Morons from Outer Space
1985 · Mike Hodges
The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off
The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off
1965 · Chuck Jones
Chicken for Linda!
Chicken for Linda!
2023 · Sébastien Laudenbach
Broomshakalaka
Broomshakalaka
2013 · Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Little Hiawatha
Little Hiawatha
1937 · David Hand
The Perfect Fishplate
The Perfect Fishplate
2005 · Na Hong-jin
Taste 2
Taste 2
2015 · Gyeong Seok-Ho
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jacques Tati → France

His films, particularly 'Mon Oncle,' feature elaborate comedic sequences centered on domestic mishaps and kitchen chaos that explore modern life's absurdities.

Stanley Kubrick → United States

In 'Barry Lyndon' and other works, he meticulously crafted scenes of domestic failure and culinary disaster as metaphors for human vulnerability and loss of control.

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