I'm not someone who often thinks about Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, but watching The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant), it came to mind almost immediately. More specifically, I found myself dwelling on its memorable suggestion that love and attention are one and the same. Writer-director Trần Anh Hùng's movie is about food, yes, but more important is the deeply attentive way it explores that subject. In building a layered look at what it means to love food, and love through food, Grewig's words may as well have been the filmmaker's thesis.
