Mason Hertrich Blog "Reel Food and World Cinema"

Professor Esa By F. Mason Hertrich Overall the Metaphorical meaning of the food in the film has to do with the reminder of the past. The world the film displays is a grim and sad world. The value of human life is also forgotten for the most part. An example of this lies in the scene after Heston is romantic with the woman and it cuts to him walking outside a church I think, and he comes across a dead woman whose child is still alive and next to her. Another touch they added was having rope tied to the mothers and child’s hand. Which is done because of the over crowding I imagine. This world that started with good improvements as was shown in the opening credits showing the various past inventions that did improve our lives, but debatably led to what the world of the film became. Because food is another step of human knowledge making another invention, except in this case people are used for food. I would probably do most of the same things Heston did in the film, because there ...

In the film food is used by the main character to express how she feels about things emotionally. This was shown mostly over her talking to her therapist. It is also used for family with helping the niece after her mother dies, and the conflict that also arose from that when she lied to her school. Also it is the basis for the love story. Which was conflicted in the story when she started out assuming that he would take her job, and be replaced. Which as the film established her job is the only thing she does care about. Also as a means of getting more people in her nieces life. Another thing is the food being used to refer to a characters well being. Starting out with Martha not eating because of the stresses of daily life. Then her niece refusing to eat after her mother died. Also earlier in the film the food is also used as a means of her getting to meet her neighbor who she likes at first. Which was a very interesting scene, because usually the act of doing that in films in that wa...

In the film the power of food is shown through Babette making the french food for the village, and the villagers liking it. Despite the ethnics they live by they still like the food. Which is very significant because the movie uses the food as a way to bring people together. Also in this case it is very different food that they have never had before. The food serves as a means of exposing them to different foods. This although it is not a massive thing does serve as something of a conflict for the film. Even though they did end up liking it, they were very hesitant, but after eating the food they do end up liking it. In addition there is the aspect of why they were hesitant at first. It is because of their puritan beliefs that result in this. Which is taken to mean not eating very fancy, or special food. Instead they eat very basic foods, which is what they mostly eat. However, it does beg the question whether food that people eat should be not necessarily fancy, but whether it should ...

By F. Mason Hertrich I chose the class because it greatly relates to my major. Also because I am very interested in learning about how food can be used in film. What I hope to accomplish in this course is to learn all about how food is used and portrayed in film, and what the filmmaker was trying to accomplish with it. Not to mention learning the difference between a “food movie” and a film that more displays it and makes it part of the scene and doesn’t affect the plot. Which is what a “food movie” is. A film that uses food or cooking to affect, and in some cases drive the plot. My favorite film is “Metropolis” (1927). The reason why is both from a historical perspective in regards to cinema, also the fact that the film on its own is great. It was one of the earlier films in the science fiction genre. Using German expressionism, which is displayed both through the acting, and set design. The result of using this is that it can either visually capture how the characters are feeling, ...