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The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s

202344mMovieDocumentary

In the early 1970s, art historian and curator Stephen Scher turned a camera on the complex ecosystem of Parisian dining. This collage of footage remained perfectly preserved in the can for 50 years; but now, as the filmmaker assembles it into a documentary, we can behold the end of a culinary era.

DirectorStephen K. Scher
ProducerJames Ivory

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