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Buffet Froid

Released 1987
Distributor Interama Video

Director Bernard Blier plays a key character in his own movie, a surreal farce about murder and mistaken identities. Gérard Depardieu finds a bloodied corpse on the métro, Jean Carmet is the man who put it there, and Blier is the inspector who tries, not very hard, to make sense of it all. A who’s who of French actors fill small but pivotal roles including Carole Bouquet and Michel Serrault.

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About Daniel Kremer

San Francisco filmmaker Daniel Kremer has provided audio commentary tracks for Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, AGFA, and Scorpion disc releases, and essays for Twilight Time special editions. His acclaimed epic-length film Overwhelm the Sky (2019), adapted from a 1799 American Gothic novel, was screened internationally in classic  roadshow format, complete with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs. These deluxe screenings received  many accolades before Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights. Kremer's book Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films was published through Patrick McGilligan's Screen Classics Series in 2015. He is currently under contract at Oxford University Press for the first book about Joan Micklin Silver. His other films include the independent dramas Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015) and Ezer Kenegdo (2017). He  enjoys doing commentary tracks with fellow TFH guru Allan Arkush.

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Dan Derbridge

Daniel Kremer always surprises with films I have never heard of ever. Like never.

Igor Vasic

Awesome movie, but Bernard Blier (actor) is the father of Bertrand Blier (director)