Metaphorical meaning of food

While i was watching this movie i found it to be very interesting. The reason why i thought this movie was interesting was because of how similar the social aspect of it was to the life we are all living right now. In the movie its as if the middle class was completely erased and the upper and lower class were more considered to be black and white with no gray area. In the movie you could clearly tell who was living well and who was not living well. With that being said the metaphorical meaning of food to me was that food really meant you were living life and you were living well. That is pretty much the same way we live today but just a little different. For example today when someone is eating a dish such as steak and lobster they would be considered to have a fair amount of money. In the movie and elegant dish or food that represented wealth were simple foods such as meat or jelly. It is very hard to think of what i would do in the situation. That basically means im being asked what i would do if i was poor and barely had food if any to eat. To that regard i would probably become a thief and steal food from other people just to survive. If that didn't work out for me then i probably would become a police officer like the main character in the movie and i would help stop the greedy criminals like myself form committing thefts or other petty crimes. Although even that option probably would not be the best option either because im not getting paid much and also id have to deal with a lot of hungry people who are trying to fight to live in a poverish world.

Romance in the movie

In the movie mostly martha love is expressed in many different ways. In addition to the love being expressed in many different ways there are also different types of love between the different relationships that occur during the movie. One way love is being expressed is through the obvious way and that is food. Both martha and mario use food as a way to speak and show their love for others. For example when mario made food for martha this was his way of showing her that he loves her. When martha made food for her niece that was her way of showing her niece that she loved her. When her niece said she did not want to eat the food that martha made for her it was almost as if she was rejecting the love that martha was trying to give to her. The few different types of love that are shown in the movie are motherly love between martha and her niece, romantic love between martha and mario and family love between mario martha and the niece. The role of food in the movie is very interesting yet simple. The food or the cooking that martha does is really her only way she knows how to communicate with other people. All she really knows how to do is express her feelings through her cooking. Once someone does not like her cooking she either shuts down or gets really angry. You can see examples of these two events when she interacts with her niece and the one customer that does not like her food. Her life is like a recipe and she likes to follow that recipe. When something in that recipe does not go according to how its supposed to go then thats when martha begins to have a hard time.  

Why food and films

I chose this class for a couple of different reasons. The main reason I chose this class was because I could use it to fulfil one of the requirements for my major. Once I got into the class i then began to look for other reasons of why i joined the class. Originally i thought the class was about the fake food that is used as props during films. So i did research on food that was used in cinema. Another reason i chose this class was because i love food, so choosing this class just makes sense. In this course i am hoping to learn more about how food is incorporated within film. With that being said that means that im also learning about the different foods form around the world that are being used within the film. Im also excited about the different cultures that are involved with the food. I come from a spanish and african american and hispanic background, so growing up i have experienced a lot of food from those cultures. I want to learn more not just about the food from around the world and of other cultures but also more about the food and the cultures of the ones that i am already familiar with. Although i do not watch many food films my favorite food film is ratatouille. This film was such a good film when i used to watch it as a kid. Even now when i go back and watch it it still is such a good movie. The way they portray food in the movie is incredible. They teach the viewers that food can be more than just something you eat. It can be more than just throwing ingredients together. This film shows that food and cooking itself is an art.