nora ephron – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

JULIE & JULIA – Review by Walker Conger (Mentorship Program Critic)

Nora Ephron said in a 2009 NPR interview that she “…learned to cook from that cookbook [Mastering the Art of French Cooking], and, what’s more, became completely infatuated with the person who’d written it.” Food was a very important part of Ephron’s life and her cinematic career, so it’s fitting that her final film would cover a woman and a topic that has been with her nearly her entire life.

Interviews

Meryl Streep On JULIE & JULIA, Motherhood and Food – Jennifer Merin interviews

August 2, 2009August 13, 2023 Jennifer Merin french cuisine, jennifer merin, julia child, julie and julia, julie powell, meryl streep, nora ephron, stanley tucci

Meryl Streep plays Julia Child in Julie & Julia, Nora Ephron’s sweet and spicy adaptation of the memoirs of two women whose obsession with food changed their lives. Streep’s Julia is a perfectly divine souffle. As Julia, Streep faces the singular challenge of re-creating the quirky and beloved icon who’s so widely and vividly impersonated that it’s hard to recall just what the real Julia was really like. How did Streep approach becoming Julia? Read what she has to say!