Category: 2014

2004
Wes Anderson

Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew, Team Zissou, set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline copilot (Owen Wilson), a pregnant journalist (Cate Blanchett), and Zissou’s estranged wife (Anjelica Huston). Wes Anderson has assembled an all-star cast that also includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Seu Jorge, and Bud Cort for this wildly original adventure-comedy.

(Criterion Collection synopsis)

Cocktail – The Rum Cannoball

At the monsoon-destroyed ruins of Hotel Citroan on the island of Little Ping, Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) notes:

“What a shame. They had a bartender here, Kino, made the best Rum Cannonball I’ve ever tasted.”

The question comes to mind: Is this a real drink, or something invented by Wes Anderson? From internet discussions and references, it’s hard to tell if this drink actually existed before the movie. Based on an average of posted recipes, the folloving Rum Cannonball was made (actual photo).

1 part white rum

1 part gin

1 part orange juice

1 part pineapple juice

1 part lemon-lime soda

1 part strawberry soda

Serve over ice with a key lime, pineapple, or tropical orchid garnish.

From Blogadilla

1949
Alexander Mackendrick

Special screening made for captain Xav(who at the end couldn’t come again) and other who missed the film before!

A film stacked with great scenes and fantastically subversive comedy of the anti-authority kind, “excellent ,even when it is a bit dry” British humour and , well, 50,000 cases of whisky!

… On the remote Scottish island of Todday people are seriously depressed – there is not enough whisky and life without it isn’t worth living. One day a miracle happens. The SS Cabinet Minister, a large ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky, is wrecked on the coastline! The locals quickly discover what the ship’s cargo is and rush to salvage as much of it as possible. Soon after, English authorities dispatch a few agents to reclaim the whiskey from the locals. However, instead of giving back the precious whisky, they decide to hide it all over the island and frustrate the agents so that they leave them alone….

This time not a special cocktail was made see Whisky Dissaster Warning

..There was no Whisky left on the island… all the man went into moaning…

1934

Directed by Jean Vigo

… In Jean Vigo’s hands, an unassuming tale of conjugal love becomes an achingly romantic reverie of desire and hope. Jean (Jean Dasté), a barge captain, marries Juliette (Dita Parlo), an innocent country girl, and the two climb aboard Jean’s boat, the L’Atalante—otherwise populated by an earthy first mate (Michel Simon) and a multitude of mangy cats—and embark on their new life together. Both a surprisingly erotic idyll and a clear-eyed meditation on love, L’Atalante, Vigo’s only feature-length work, is a film like no other. …
(The Criterion Collection Synopsis)

After “Le Quai Des Brumes”(3rd Film Boudoir), this is a second film of Poetic Realism style we will watch aboard Eleonore. There might again be no happy ending, I’m afraid, but L’Atalante is claimed to be the “greatest film of all times”by many critics and we shall not miss out on it.

Rose Cocktail

Johnny Mitta, Chatham Hotel, Paris, 1920s

The Rose Cocktail

2 ounces Noilly Prat dry vermouth.

1 ounce kirschwasser.

1 teaspoon raspberry syrup (or red currant syrup if you can find it).

Combine with cracked ice in a shaker or mixing glass. Stir for no less than 30 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass.

No garnish specified, although I’d use a washed organic rose petal.

From LOOKA

1st Short animated film by Aleksandr Petrov (1999)

2nd Feature Film by John Sturges (1958)

A film adaptations of a novel by Ernest Hemingway.

At first glance, this appears to be an extremely simple story of an old Cuban fisherman (Santiago), who catches an enormously large fish then loses it again. But, there’s much more to the story than that…

1st Film by Aleksandr Petrov : Paint-on-glass animated short film. The film won many awards, including the Academy Award for Animated Short Film.

2nd Film by John Sturges : Spencer Tracy was nominated for a best actor Oscar for his role in this film. Dimitri Tiomkin won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the film. It was also nominated for best color cinematography.

Josie Russel Cocktail

The recipe for this drink came from Ernest Hemingway’s fishing log handwritten in June of 1933, where its ingredients were listed under the simple heading “Cocktail.” The name pays tribute to Joe “Josie Grunts” Russell, a close friend of Hemingway’s who ran liquor from Cuba to Florida during Prohibition and, immediately following its repeal, opened Key West mainstay Sloppy Joe’s. Hemingway was fishing on Russell’s boat when he wrote down the recipe for this drink, a potent blend of rum, hard apple cider, lime, and sugar.

For a pitcher:

4 ½ oz. rum
12 oz. hard apple cider
2 oz. fresh lime juice
2 tsp. sugar

Fill a pitcher with ice, add all ingredients, and stir well. Serve on ice in Collins or highball glasses, garnished with lime wedge or peel. Serves two to three.
From Garden & Gun.

Photo courtesy: Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidentail Library and Museum, Boston

1939
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

A film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel of the same name.

… Cornwall, 1819. Her mother’s dying request takes young Mary on a sad journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. A home which, as she discovers over a time, is also a residence for a group of murderous wreckers. “ O Lord, we pray Thee, not that wrecks should happen, but that if they do happen, Thou wilt guide them to the coast of Cornwall for the benefit of the poor inhabitants. “ So runs the prayer, but things can be helped a bit….in this lawless corner of Britain, with salvage storms , wild waves breaking over the sharp cliffs and official justice being so far away …..

Gin& Tonic

a very classic..but we have used Plymouth Gin, produced since 18 century in a small distillery in Cornwall, blended with real Indian Tonic Water, containing natural Quinine. Apart of prevention of malaria this has been a very tasty drink!

4 to 5 tonic water Ice Cubes (oki..we didn’t do that 😉
3 ounces gin (recommended: Plymouth Gin)
4 ounces tonic water (Fever Tree)
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
Lime wedge for garnish

Place the ice cubes in a tall, narrow, chilled glass (the cubes should come near the top.) Add the gin, then the tonic water, then the lime juice, stirring well. Garnish with lime wedge, and serve immediately.

1925

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Live music by Alberto Boem

Soviet silent film, that was director’s tribute to the early Russian revolutionaries and is widely regarded as a masterpiece of international cinema.

The screening is accompanied by live experimental music created especially for this event.

The film is based on the mutiny of Russian sailors against their tyrannical superiors aboard the battleship Potemkinduring the Revolution of 1905. Their victory was short-lived, however, as during their attempts to get the population of Odessa (now in Ukraine) to launch a massive revolution, Cossacks arrived and laid waste to the insurgents, thus fanning the winds of war that would ultimately lead to the rise of communism in the Revolution of 1917.
Ironically, the film was eventually banned by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin over fears it might incite a riot against his regime.

Text by / More Information: Encyclopedia Britannica

Black Russian

Apparently there is no such thing as real Russian Vodka cocktails – simply because the Russian people drink their Vodka straight!
But we had enjoyed one famous recipe ..and even with ice, thanks to Wolfgang’s prompt delivery!

1 part KAHLÚA
1 part Vodka
Ice

How to mix it: Fill a rocks glass with ice, add Kahlúa and Absolut Vodka and stir.

Legend has it the Black Russian was created in 1949 by a Belgian bartender to honor a feisty socialite who was the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg. The cocktail is so named because it mixes the dark liqueur of Kahlúa with vodka, the beloved Russian spirit. For a touch of international mystery and intrigue, try this famous drink that has been described as “a flavor more complex than calculus.”

1951
Directed by Jacques Tourneur

Sweet – so sweet that syrup is almost dripping of the screen – adaptation of rather harsh and fascinating real story.
But maybe because the film is from the 50′ and the main heroine is beautiful and has stylish hair and perfectly applied lipstick even through fierce pirate battles and after killing a few man , her eyes fill with tears only because the French traitor Pierre La Rochelle broken her heart, it was still pleasure to watch!

The real story though, is much , much more tough and extraordinarily : 18th century , golden age of piracy , Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two fiery pirate woman who’s paths coincidentally crossed and their life stayed connected since then on. The only woman who were charged by death for piracy. Feared warriors and yes there were romances, and illegal marriages and illegitimate children…but these are real lifes…
 Image from “General History of the Pyrates” written by Captain Charles Johnson in 1724.

Captains Grog

* Captain Morgan Rum
* Brown Cane Sugar
* Lemon Juice
* Hot Water

(amounts unclear..depends on each pirat’s preference 😉