Eating Raoul

Bon appetit? This sometimes hilarious black comedy has gained quite a cult following over the years, and it remains writer-director-star Bartel's best effort yet. Set in Los Angeles, the story follows a straightlaced couple, Mary and Paul Bland (Bartel and the galvanizingly odd Woronov), who dream of someday opening their own gourmet restaurant. Since Mary is a nurse and Paul has just been fired from his job at a liquor store, realizing their dream soon seems unlikely. Fate knocks, however, when a drunken reveler stumbles into their apartment and begins mauling Mary. Paul kills the intruder and discovers a large wad of cash on the dead man. Inspired, the couple pla...