The 14th festival for The Beneficiary actually takes place in Connecticut. Hollywood East – get it? Boy those white folks are a real hoot.Actually, it’s an honor to be accepted. A little shout-out with a nice shot of John when you scroll down here.
I’ll call an audible on this Beneficiary factoid and discuss the yummy food partaken during the shoot. One thing’s for certain, when you’re asking a crew to work for little or no pay, feed them well and they’re yours. I myself will pretty much move your entire bedroom set for a small serving of couscous.
My favorite lunch during filming came from Phillipe's, a 101-year-old, downtown L.A. restaurant famous for their french-dipped sandwiches.
Yes, Los Angeles has original food, and the story about Phillipe's goes as such: one day in 1918, while making a sandwich, Phillipe Mathieu inadvertently dropped a french roll into a roasting pan filled with juice still hot from the oven. The customer, a police officer, said he would take the sandwich anyway and returned the next day with some friends asking for more "dipped sandwiches."
I drop food, I give it to the dog. Phillipe drops food, he gives it to the Americans. Well played, Frenchie, well played.
