Reel Food & World Cinema

Throughout this class, I did enjoy the films that were shown, particularly the films that delved into different genres as well. For example, "Soylent Green" was one of my favorite films in the class because it was not only a science fiction film (and I am a big science fiction fan), but it also had a great twist ending at the end, where the "food" in Soylent Green is actually revealed to be people. Another film that I liked was "Big Night" because of its emphasis on family and the moral throughout the film that, no matter how bad things can get, your family will always be there for you and will always stand by your side. The class itself was not challenging, but there was a lot of material to be taught and a lot of information to remember in the class. So, I did not have too much trouble learning the materials for the class, but I did spend a great amount of time trying to do so and took my time trying to actually learn the material in order to do well i...

One main similarity between the food films "Big Night" and "Dinner Rush" is the presence of Italian culture and Italian food being cooked in each film. For example, in "Dinner Rush", despite the head chef's disdain for Italian food, sausages, peppers, and pasta are shown to be an essential part of the restaurant's cuisine. The sous-chef, Duncan, enjoys and specializes in cooking these Italian dishes for the restaurant's customers, and despite the head chef's plan to NOT cook Italian food, this helps to bring the Italian culture into the restaurant through the food. Similarly, in "Big Night", Italian food, as well as Italian culture overall, are an integral part of the restaurant owned by Primo and Secondo. Since the two are Italian brothers (like Mario & Luigi), their speciality of cooking is Americanized versions of traditional Italian foods, which is the main type of food that the two brothers cook in their restaurant, s...