On face value, a very entertaining and mouthwatering documentary, but this is much more than that. This film links historical depths to cultural expression which is a very difficult thing to do.
I'm not saying that lightly. I work in the historical disciplines and this type of narrative and synthesis is remarkable when done right, and this story.. It ticks all the boxes.
Now, I could go on and on how this masterful example of proper historical synthesis is entertaining, enticing and captivating, but the main argument for the greatness of this documentary can be concluded in one very simple argument, namely : "Lyle Lovett, who has 'love' in his name, declares his love to New Haven Pizza many times throughout this documentary. This is the man intimately loved Julia Roberts in the early 90s".
You have to concede, this guy knows a good thing..
Pizza: A Love Story
2019
Action / Documentary
Pizza: A Love Story
2019
Action / Documentary
7.1Plot summary
In the 6 block radius of Wooster square lies the trifecta, Sally's, Pepe's and Modern. Three pizza palaces loved by everybody from Presidents to Rock Stars. Even Frank Sinatra used to send his driver all the way from Hoboken just to pick up some pies. And to the people of the Elm City, there's no question. Since Frank Pepe first wheeled his bread cart down Wooster street in 1925, New Haven has been home to the finest pizza on the planet. Coming off the success of his last feature, "Color Me Obsessed, a film about The Replacements," which Rolling Stone named "one of the seven best music documentaries of the year," director Gorman Bechard moves from one lifelong obsession to another. This time taking a look at the long history, the families, the high and the lows of three universally recognized restaurants, and how a city that itself has gone through many highs and lows, has always rallied behind them. Pizza, A Love Story will feature interviews family members (including Sally's wife Flora, and Frank Pepe's grandson),lifelong fans (both famous and not),and food critics, intercutting archival footage and vintage photographs (many never before seen publicly),all to explain the passion, the long lines, and how a small town in Connecticut became the pizza center of the universe. It promises to be the most mouth-watering film ever made.
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Culture is food and food is culture.
Pizza - Food, But SO Much More Than Food
This well-crafted documentary is much more than the story of the "Holy Trinity" of New Haven pizza. It's a celebration of the social activity that sharing a pizza is (and was always meant to be). It's a reminder of how pizza was originally a low-cost, critical food source; a sort of "peasant food." It's a lesson on the history of pizza, and how without women and immigrants pizza as we know it would never exist. It's an examination of how ethnic neighborhoods in many cities have been ripped apart by city planners. And it's - as the title says - a love story, the love between pizza and the entire United States. Gorman Bechard hits a home run once again. And remember, it's CHARRED, not burned.
Don't try to tell me you know anything about pizza if you haven't seen this film.
talking heads mistake the US for the world
When Americans talk about the world, they mean the west and the east coast of the USA. That's the reason they always win the World Series! This is a movie about talking heads repeat themself, how a pizza from Connecticut is the best pizza in the world! As an Italian I really became curious, most of these pies seemed overly burned to me, to maybe someday get the chance to try one of these best pizzas of the United States. The whole immigration story was really interesting though and could have been longer