Restaurant (1965)

The film begins with a closeup of a table in a restaurant covered with a checkered cloth in a composition that strongly suggests a still life It lingers there for a long time before beginning a slow outward zoom All the while we overhear poorly recorded snippets of conversation We see hands move in and out of the frame lifting glasses and tapping cigarettes We recognise Edie Sedgwick by her signature dancers tights and jewellery The group discuss a recent trip to Tangier the conversation returns frequently to past and upcoming travel At one point a whole uncut pineapple is delivered to their table despite the fact that they are in an Italian restaurant it is not meant to be eaten but to evoke the possibility of adventure in exotic semiimaginary lands