A Criterion Feast
November 21, 2012
A sleeper hit of the early 1980s, Eating Raoul is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption. Warhol superstar Mary Woronov and cult legend Paul Bartel (who also directed) portray a prudish married couple who feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to simultaneously rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and realize their dream of opening a restaurant. A mix of hilarious, anything-goes slapstick and biting satire of me-generation self-indulgence, Eating Raoul marked the end of the sexual revolution with a thwack.
| Mary Bland | Mary Woronov |
| Paul Bland | Paul Bartel |
| Raoul Mendoza | Robert Beltran |
| Hippie | Ed Begley Jr. |
| Swinger in fur | Edie McClurg |
| Mr. Leech, the bank manager | Buck Henry |
| Doris the dominatrix | Susan Saiger |
| Director | Paul Bartel |
| Written by | Richard Blackburn and Paul Bartel |
| Director of photography | Gary Thieltges |
| Production designer | Robert Schulenberg |
| Editor | Alan Toomayan |
| Producer | Anne Kimmel |
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