Real Food & World Cinema

Dr. McNichols, during her guest lecture on Like Water for Chocolate , discusses the  history of Mexico and Spain as it relates to traditions depicted in the book. During the film, two characters fall in love with each other, but their love creates a conflict between their families . Dr. McNichols helped explain where these traditions came from, and why they played such an important role in the story.   This movie Like Water for Chocolate by Alfonso Arau is set in a Mexico Village, where two young characters fall in love. Unfortunately, their family traditions are blocking their love. Tita is the main character who is a young woman that has a unique talent for cooking. Pedro is a young man who has wealth and falls in love with Tita, the youngest daughter in the family. One day Pedro visits Tita’s house to speak to her mother about marrying Tita. The mother offers  Pedro the older sister to marry because Tita is the youngest daughter and by tradition she need...

In the movie, “Soylent Green”, the elderly are harvested into soylent green —a protein source that feeds the dystopian human society. Unaware of how Soylent is made, humans crave this new source of food. They are addicted to it. Only the wealthy know the secret of “Soylent Green '', which is made of human flesh. Metaphorically,  food represents wealth and status. The rich eat real food which is rare to find. The real food includes meat, veggies and fruits. In contrast, the everyday people eat soylent green which is cheap and easy to access because it is made up of the flesh of elderly people. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The profit soylent makes from the poor people goes to partners of the wealthy. They used the money to get whatever they want. Food also represents life because we need food to survive. As people die more food can be created from their bodies. Without death, there would be no life. “Soylent Green” is a science fiction film that expresses to...

How does Sandra Nettelbeck, “Mostly Martha” represent love and romance in the film? The love and romance are similarities shown through a mystery storyline that audiences aren’t expecting to happen. The two characters develop deep feelings with each other and switch a piece of the storyline. The storyline made up of the four main roles are sound quantity, narrative, lighting, and cooking.   First, sound quantity plays an important role in this film through the background music. It expresses the character's emotions and body language. For example, the smooth music playing in the background while Martha and Mario taste soup brings to mind love and romance.  A “narrative structure is a series of events related to one another in terms of cause and effect” ( Film studies pp32) the First scene of the movie is the voiceover of a black screen with the title of the movie. The middle is when Martha builds a relationship between her niece Lina and Mario. In the end, Martha re...

What are the main ideas of the Power of Food and the Protestant Ethics? The main character in the film Babette’s Feast is the food and protestant and how it affects their religion and beliefs. This film is set during the late 19 century in Denmark. The location took place in a small Danish village. The main character from the movie is two sisters who lead a rigid life centered around their father. The main points from the movie are the civilization is various growing between protestant and food. In the Danish village, there are protestant villages that believe in Christianity. The definition of protestant; “a member or followers of any of Western Christain churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church''. In the film, the village and the two sisters and everyone was wearing simple and plain colors like black and grey. Their religion every meal, they have a tradition of singing to God and their meal is always coffee and tea. How do the villages have enough money ...

I chose this class because it sounded interesting when I was reading the course description and I was attracted to how does reel food can impact our society, class and identity. I want to know the idea of analyzing different films relate and the  meaning how we can use food in the movies and in our daily life. Another reason I chose this class because I want to get out of my comfort zone and have a growth mindset taking this course. I want to know more about different movies relating how many cultural and interaction  the world. I have a basic meaning of how to create a movie. The idea of getting to watch movies for class and have a discussion based on what we learned sounds fun to me. I also want to see how I learn and branch out of my knowledge throughout this course.    In this course I want to accomplish a deeper understanding how food can impact the cultural and many people in the world. I want to learn how the food how can change people's mood and mo...