Word: mastroiannis
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...voice. Ugo Tognazzi makes a loud farting noise, tongue between his lips, and the feast begins. Kidneys bourguinon. Kidneys bordelaise. Crayfish a la Mozart. Each dish has an identity of its own, but the diners ignore all subtlety in order to concentrate more conscientiously on their suicidal quest. Marcello Mastroianni stuffs down six clams in one bite. Grubby fingers and grubby mouths attack roasted legs of fowl so greedily they would make Henry VIII blush...
Like "Last Tango," "The Grande Bouffe" derives added shock value from the presence of stars: it's not Linda Lovelace, but respectable people like Marcello Mastroianni and Ugo Tognazzi taking the chance of their careers, letting loose, talking dirty, abandoning themselves to the urges of the unleashed libido...
...other purpose except would-be shock. He does not deal in satire that could threaten or amuse, that could give the sequences substance and, therefore, true impact. His careful chronicle of the dietary excesses of four men is like a prank-a loud, bad practical joke. The men-Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret-hole up in an old house to eat themselves to death, to kill themselves with the very staff of life. Along the way, they also enjoy the company of some whores and a pudgy schoolteacher (Andrea Ferreol), who dispenses her fatty favors equitably...
...wearing black opera hose, ran a couple of baby chimps through their paces. Dressed up as a bunny, Singer Jane Birkin popped out of a cake and walked a tightrope. The hit of the evening was a pie-throwing skit written by Director Claude Chabrol and starring Actor Marcello Mastroianni. Marcello then scrubbed himself down and returned for the 3 a.m. finale when the whole company dished up a giant vat of steaming spaghetti for the audience...
...Last, John Boorman directed this parable about revolution, and if he always cares about filmmaking, it's doubtful he cares much about this topic, Marcello Mastroianni stars as the nobleman whose royal seat is a townhouse in a neighborhood which is composed, except for his own staff, of impoverished blacks. Mr. Deeds Goes to the Barricades, of course, and he ends up assaulting his own supporters in defense of--that's right--The Community. Too abstract and stylized to make much sense...