Casino Hull Buffet
Over at Caesar’s Palace, Bacchanal Buffet (a 25,000-square-foot, 600-seat buffet in the heart of Las Vegas) recently revised plans for a $2.4 million makeover, Eater reported.
'In this 30-minute ode to gluttony, self-proclaimed buffet connoisseurs arrange incredible and unlikely food combinations on enormous plates while casino employees, used to dealing with gob-smacking amounts of consumption, ponder how a horseshoe-shaped restaurant allows for 'more flow.' Meanwhile, Sin City pigs grunt on a farm outside town, eagerly awaiting the leftovers. After all, as the farmer's wife points out, humans and pigs have nearly identical digestive tracts….'
- San Francisco Guardian
Best Short Film 2006
Society for Visual Anthropology
Thanksgiving weekend, Las Vegas: A camera journeys through Sin City's all-you-can-eat buffets and finds a kaleidoscope of characters behind the food—from tireless chefs preparing gargantuan bowls of ambrosia, to servers who bus endless plates, to hungry diners in search of a culinary jackpot and a portion of the American dream. 'The buffet is the happiest and saddest place,' says Pierre, a meat carver at the New Frontier's buffet. This documentary brings the happiness and the sadness of the buffet to light, taking the audience on a wild gastronomic voyage behind the scenes of an all-American binge ritual. Buffet follows the food: from kitchen to cornucopia, table to mouth, waste bin to local farm where 6,000 eager pigs feast on buffet leftovers. All along the consumption chain, a diverse cast of characters share their desires, their weaknesses, their pleasures, and their shames. The camera rolls as the savory promise that greets diners turns to gluttony, then despondence—and sometimes, a flickering hope for something more than just 'all you can eat.'
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional information. Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the world’s most electric cities, has turned the lights, fire and fountains back on. After going dark in March with the rest of the country, June 4 marked the next chapter for the entertainment capital of the world as the. Best Buffets in Gatineau, QC - Buffet des Continents, Ferme Rouge, Buffet Dragon, Banco Bistro, Mandarin Restaurant - Nepean, Kanata Noodle House Vietnamese Buffet, Marcello's, The Green Door Vegetarian Restaurant, Mandarin Restaurant - Kanata, Govindas Vegetarian Buffet, Yakiniku One, Golden India, Amaya Buffet - Kanata, 168 Sushi Japan Buffet, Jazzy's, Easy Garden Chinese Buffet. Banco Bistro buffet A sumptuous buffet is laid out every weekend to satisfy your every craving. Fridays and Saturdays, from 4:30 p.m. Sundays, from 4:30 p.m. $29. per person.Excluding taxes The restaurant is located inside the Casino du Lac-Leamy. Therefore, admittance is reserved to patrons 18 years old and over. If in the Hull area, stop by for an hour or two here at the casino. The lights and noice of the machines draw you in, you'll enjoy just sitting watching the people. A lovely building to visit all year round, the decorations are beautiful. Great restaurants within the casino for a light lunch or for a full supper.
Director, Producer: Natasha Schüll
Co-Director, Camera: Hillevi Loven
Editors: Till Osterland, Natasha Schüll, Matt Bird
Additional Camera: Pawel Wojtasik, James Wright
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SCREENINGS
Multiple PBS stations. 2007-2010
Port Townsend Film Festival, RI, 2007
New York Food Film Festival 2007
Planet in Focus Festival, Toronto, 2006
CineVegas Film Festival, 2006
San Francisco Indie Docfest, 2006
NewFilmmakers Festival, NYC, 2006
Slow Food Film Festival, Arizona 2006
Southern California Film Festival, 2006
Roving Eye Documentary Festival, RI, 2005
Santa Fe Film Festival, New Mexico, 2005