winemonger wrote:

> 4. Battleship Potemkin (USSR)

Surely only vodka, the cheaper the better, would do for Eisenstein's
proletarian masterpiece.

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> 9. The Bicycle Thief (ITALY)

It should be rustic and Italian: Salice Salentino, perhaps?

> 12. Metropolis (GERMANY)

A 1990 Tete de Cuvee Champagne, the choice of many who ushered in the 21st
Century.

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> 13. Big Night (US)
> -Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1998

A Gaja Barbaresco, I'd suggest.

> 15. On the Waterfront (US)

Cold, cheap beer. Stanley Kowalski wouldn't have it any other way.

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> 16. Casablanca (US)

Krug or Bollinger, served with ennui. ;-)

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> 17. Like Water for Chocolate (MEXICO)

Monte Xanic Chardonnay.

> 19. Lawrence of Arabia (US)

Herbal tea.

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> 23. Ben-Hur (US)

Falesco Vitiano

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> 24. My Dinner with Andre (US)

Hmmm... I don't remember the food served, alas. They'd need a wine to
contemplate. Cos D'Estournel, perhaps?

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> 25. Un Chien Andalou (FRANCE)
> -What kind of wine pairs with eyeballs?

Absinthe with an LSD chaser.

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> 27. Seven Samurai (JAPAN)
> -Shinkame Shuzo Shinkame Funakuchi (Junmaishu) N.V.

Plenty of (hot) sake.

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> 28. Vertigo (US)

Given the setting (SF), and the period, a mid-century Inglenook or BV
Cabernet.

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> 29. Babettes Feast (DENMARK)

1983 Yquem.

> 34. Tampopo (JAPAN)

What wine goes with noodles? Green tea, please. Make it gyokuro.

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> 41. Raise the Red Lantern (CHINA)

Chinese rice wine.

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> 43. Eat Drink Man Woman (TAIWAN)

Black tea.

Mark Lipton