Category: 2013

1949
Directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick

To balance tragically ending story from the last Film Boudoir, we will watch a comedy film from Ealing Studios , inspired (believe it or not!)by a true story, which I will introduce before the screening!

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….

The real story upon which the film is based is equally hillarious – please read the story of the ship SS Politician which sank off Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941 and the Whisky that’s still being find around the Island in late 2000′!

Scotch Whiskey Skin

(Use small bar glasses)

1 wine glass of Scotch whiskey.
1 piece of lemon peel.

Fill the tumbler one-half full with boiling water.

Recipe from 1862 book “HOW TO MIX DRINKS or THE BON-VIVAN’S COMPANION” by Jerry Thomas.

Port of Shadows
1938
Film Noir directed by Marcel Carné

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean (Jean Gabin), an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news. Also starring the blue-eyed phenomenon Michèle Morgan in her first major role, and the menacing Michel Simon, Port of Shadows starkly portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies. Based on the novel by Pierre Mac Orlan, the inimitable team of director Marcel Carné and writer Jacques Prévert deliver a quintessential example of poetic realism and a classic film from the golden age of French cinema.

French Sailor

The French Sailor cocktail is rather unique in one way: it uses warm cointreau. Unless you chill the vodka, the whole drink will be on the warm side. The dominant flavor here is orange, and because it’s warmed it comes through more strongly than the citrus flavor of the vodka. Warmed orange is a soothing flavor, almost like a comfort food, which makes this drink perfect for the evening at the end of a long day.

1 part cointreau

1 part Absolut Citron

Sugar cube

Warm the cointreau and put it into a tumbler with the Citron and sugar cube. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Garnish with an orange twist.

From Mix That Drink

1956, Directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury. Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, and Leo Genn.

Made after 1981 Moby-Dick; or, The Whale book by American writer Herman Melville. The work is an epic sea-story of Captain Ahab’s voyage in pursuit of Moby Dick, a great white whale.

British Navy Grog

…One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak…
A recipe of a dring that was distributed daily aboard British Navy Ships from 1655 until 1970.
Recipe and information from Uncommon Caribbean

1/2 ounce of fresh Lime juice
2teaspoons of sugar
1 1/2 oz of Pussers Rum
1oz water (the ice constitues therest of the recipe)
(Hm.I don’t think they had ice on the ships , especially in the 17th century..just water then 😉

Deadly Invention
1958
By Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia)

Steam punk wonder film. Ships, submarines and strange under and over water machines. Dangerous adventures, dark humour (and also romance)!
Beautiful work combining animation and life action.
Exceptional piece of art, worth watching twice..or more times!

Oiginal Czech Sailor’s Grog

Well we don’t have sea in Czech, I assume the amount of sailors is also very limited, however our common greeting is “AHOJ” and “Sailor’s Grog” is very popular winter drink all over the country!

For 1portion
200 ml water
50ml or more of Tuzemsky Rum (Inlander Rum)
2 cloves (nelken)
piece of cinnamon
lemon juice
sugar
bit of butter (optional)