Julia Child

Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

The cooking show is as old as television itself. But why do we like watching the making of a meal that most of us will never cook, let alone eat? Dirty Furniture’s jam-packed video essay is a rollercoaster ride through the history of the genre, at once a staple of television viewing and a hotpot of shifting perspectives and sociocultural values.

1949年、パリでフランス料理の虜となったアメリカ女性ジュリア。彼女は名門ル・コルドン・ブルーで学ぶと、家庭で誰でも作れる524のレシピを本にまとめて出版する。本はベストセラーとなり、彼女はテレビの料理番組に出演するなど一躍人気者となった。それから50年後のニューヨーク。小説家になる夢に破れた29歳のOLジュリーは、人生を変えるためにある無謀な計画を立てる。それは、365日かけてジュリアが書いた524のレシピに挑戦し、その過程を毎日ブログに綴ることだった……。

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screweyes.