CrazyWaiter
26nov/110

Ratatouille

Today I was in Paris for the last time. I have lived near it for more than five years. A film about this city is Ratatouille ! Je l'aime !

In the hilarious new animated-adventure, RATATOUILLE, a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the city of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen at one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage boy, who inadvertently discovers Remy's amazing talents. They strike a deal, ultimately setting into motion a hilarious and exciting chain of extraordinary events that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

Remy finds himself torn between following his dreams or returning forever to his previous existence as a rat. He learns the truth about friendship, family and having no choice but to be who he really is, a rat who wants to be a chef.

via Ratatouille Trailer - YouTube.

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21jul/110

Servitude – a new movie about our bizz

A new movie about the service industry: Servitude. The trailer seems promising.  I hope it will be brought out in Europe!

A group of frustrated waiters at a kitschy steakhouse take over their restaurant for one final, glorious, revenge-filled night when they discover they are all about to be fired.

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(PS: the next industryfilm will be a bit more positive, you might know the lead :p)

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28jun/111

Great miming in Paris… je t’aime

Paris Je t'aime is a film consisting of 18 little films each representing an arrondisement in Paris (two are left out).  This video, shot near the Eiffel tower (8th arrondisement,) is written and directed by French animator Sylvain Chomet. A boy tells how his parents, both mime artists (Paul Putner and Yolande Moreau), meet in prison and fall in love. It's great inspiration for CrazyWaiters, I'll use the gesture of the hand moving from the bottom of the face to the top to let appear a smile a lot :)

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19mrt/110

Expert Translation… or not?

This improvisation can also be done with real guests (or collegues), with real conversations. You "translate" what the other says by using you're fantasy, in a real language or not. A lot of variations is possible, also depending on your own knowledge of the languages and inspiration. You can add up fun with non-verbal signs and face-expressions!

I do it also with collegues who speak Arab or Hindi in our break. Nobody understands them (included me), but I'm so kind to 'translate' for my colleagues. Ofcourse you use similar sounds, so when somebedy says 'tingelingeling', you translate it as 'bell' or 'phone'.

Take care, not everybody likes to be fake-dubbed :) That's why it might be safer to do it with colleagues (warned or not warned by you) in front of the guests.

Here somebody speaks 'Swedish' about a Volvo and the other has to "translate". It comes from Whose line is it anyway and the game is called expert translation.

This idea is also used in one of my favorite films 'La vita è bella'

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27feb/110

CrazyWaiter – the movie


In the cinema this summer: CrazyWaiter the movie. I won't spoil the story already, but I can tell you that it starts as a tragicomedy and will end as a fairytale with a beautiful, lovely princess and a big castle :)

Of course this is a gimmick for my facebookfriends, but the question which inspired me to do this was:'If you're life is a movie, how would it be like?' It's an interesting one to think about your history, see the present and dream about the future. What do you want to happen.. and what above all not to happen? How? When? Where? It's widely known that visualizing your goals is a good technique to reach them. Life is a movie and you are the director!

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14okt/100

Take out

A short film about good service, bad jokes and a waitress pushed to her limits.

(via pizza-blog.nl)

5apr/103

Goofy – How to Be a Waiter

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12jan/102

The Butterfly Circus

Of course, sometimes we're almost like circus artists, but that's not why I posted this film. I know it has nothing to do with our work, but nevertheless I wanted to share it with you because it has everything to do with life in general and it's simply beautiful.

Although I didn't do it always like that, I start to believe that you are the only key to success. Life is what you make of it. This very inspirational film is all about that. You can only be a happy and successful crazy waiter when you believe in yourself and live life in a positive way!

During his travels a showman of a circus discovers a man without limbs at a carnival sideshow. This man is travelling along with the circus and becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed.

The Butterfly Circus - HD from The Butterfly Circus on Vimeo.

You can also buy the DVD at Amazon.com!
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24dec/090

Waiting… the movie

Today I saw the trailer of the movie Waiting. Slightly old (there's even already a sequel) and very American Pie like. But I think every crazy waiter has to see this movie (I'll order it from play.com, who ships to france for free)

(via uvbeenserved)

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