The Linguini Incident (1991)

March 28, 2025 5:23 PM

Two disgruntled restaurant employees (David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette) decide to rob their employers (Buck Henry, Andre Gregory).

This is certainly something. Now on Tubi.

posted by bunderful (6 comments total)

The story of the director’s cut (the version on Tubi) and why that’s a big deal.

Original NYT review: “When a film's most down-to-earth actor is David Bowie, that film is clearly determined to stay off the beaten track.“

There’s one particular scene that looked so much like a painting.

Anyway, this is the zany, artsy weird NYC I moved there for but missed out on.
posted by bunderful at 7:43 PM on March 28 [3 favorites]

Watched this for Bowie, but it was a lot of fun even if it didn't work 100%. I would like many more like this for nice comfort viewing.
posted by Phase Shifting Pulse Gate at 5:08 AM on March 29

Judging from the runtimes, both the old version and recut are streaming. Looks like the recut is on Apple TV and prime. But I could be wrong.
posted by adamrice at 7:28 AM on March 29

A lovely little film, but why is it called The Linguini Incident?
posted by abraxasaxarba at 11:48 AM on March 29

A Calvin and Hobbes reference, maybe?
posted by offog at 1:13 PM on March 29 [2 favorites]

I caught it on video in the 1990s and enjoying it. Major suspension of disbelief that much of the conflict comes from someone *not* wanting to sleep with Bowie.
posted by cheshyre at 4:19 PM on March 29 [2 favorites]