In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking detours along the way into art history, philosophy, and the author’s life in Africa.
Michael Almereyda
Director, Writer
McQueen74%
Public Speaking70%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
Report61%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Samsara80%
My Mom Jayne80%
The Matrix Recalibrated69%
Above Majestic73%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Tabloid64%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
The Captains63%
Night Will Fall76%
