Celluloid sushi in Huntington
Eighty-five-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono is featured in a documentary film titled "JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI," directed by David Gelb, a Magnolia Pictures release. Credit: Magnolia Pictures
On the heels of the cinematic culinary masterwork “Big Night,” Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre screens another food-themed movie, “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” which makes its Long Island debut tomorrow. The Japanese film's subject, Jiro Ono, owns Sukiyabashi Jiro, a modest 10-seat sushi bar located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearance, it has three Michelin stars and is a pilgrimage site for sushi lovers from all over Japan and the world.
Directed by David Gelb, “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” is a meditation on work, family and the art of perfection, chronicling Jiro’s life as both an unparalleled success in the culinary world and a loving yet complicated father.
Tomorrow’s showtimes are 1, 4:40 and 8:30 p.m. Cinema Arts Centre is at 423 Park Ave., Huntington, 631-423-7611.
Perhaps dinner afterward at Kashi?
