Reel World and Food Cinema

La’Raye Francisco February 23, 2020 Reel Food and World Cinema Soylent Green In the article, Laurel Foster talks about how food can be a metaphor for social concerns. “These mass, international mean of producing and distributing foods have been a factor in global food concerns regarding surpluses in some nations and food shortages in others, with no politically satisfactory means of ensuring the obvious equality of food supply.” In the film, soylent green does just that. The actual food, Soylent Green plays a huge role in the film. The food, and the lack of food, shows the characters’ status in terms of class. In the movie, the characters’ economic status played a part in what kind of food they had access to. Those who were rich were able to obtain healthy and fresh foods. For example, they would eat things like lettuce, beef, tomatoes, and celery. While the poor people were stuck eating soylent green. There is an immense lack of resources for those who are not rich. ...

La’Raye Francisco February 15, 2020 Blog #3 The food in the film represents Martha, her emotions, and how she is feeling. Martha uses food to structure her life. For example, she told Lina that she wished she had a recipe for her. Martha needs things like instructions and guidance to give her the outcome she wants. In the book, the author mentions how the need for a recipe for Lina shows her “reliance upon simple and methodical solutions to complex problems and interpersonal relationships.” The author writes how emotional and familial experiences are ‘alien’ to her. I believe that for Martha, food provides not only structure for her, but also comfort and peace. Food also shows represents the progress that Martha is showing. For example, throughout most of the movie, Martha was not seen eating any food. It was later in the film that Martha was seen eating the leftover food that Mario had left for her and Lina. This shows that Mario is getting to Martha. Their romance i...

La’Raye Francisco February 8,2020 Reel Food and World Cinema Blog 2 Food can bring out the best and worst in people. I believe the main idea of “Power of Food and the Protestant Ethics” is basically that food has the power to bring forth many different emotions. For example, it can change how you feel about something, or about a person. It can also bring you joy. Food can allow people to remember things of the past. For example, after tasting Babette’s signature dish, he was able to remember the time he went to that restaurant and ate her cooking. Good food can relieve tension and bring people closer. In the movie, Babette’s food changed the actions of the people living in the village. In the book, the author talks about how Babette’s food equated to having an angel come down. “One way of understanding the revelatory impact of Babette’s feast on her diners is to suggest that she did indeed call an angel down into their dining room, an angel of communion and forgive...