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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786445467

ISBN-139780786445462

eBay Product ID (ePID)73930963

Product Key Features

Number of Pages483 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFood in the Movies

Publication Year2009

SubjectFilm / General, Popular Culture, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science

AuthorSteve Zimmerman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight29.3 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-034518

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.436559

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition viii Introduction 1. Missing Meals and Missing Appetites 2. Romantic and Unromantic Meals 3. Belly Laughs 4. Hunger 5. Someone's in the Kitchen 6. Hot Dishes 7. Unpleasant Meals 8. Killer Meals 9. Food for Thought 10. Hollywood's Favorite Foods 11. Leftovers 12. Visual Feasts Filmography Bibliography Index

SynopsisMost filmmakers have settled on basic ways to treat food: as a background prop; as a transition device to compress time; and, as a symbol or metaphor to make a dramatic point or to reveal a character's mood. This title details 400 food scenes, tracing technical, artistic and cultural forces that contributed to the emergence of a 'food film' genre., Although food has been part of motion pictures since the silent era, for the most part it has been treated with about as much respect as movie extras: it's always been there on the screen but seldom noticed. For the most part filmmakers have settled on three basic ways to treat food: as a prop in which the food is usually obscured from sight or ignored by the actors; as a transition device to compress time and help advance the plot; as a symbol or metaphor, or in some other meaningful way, to make a dramatic point or to reveal an aspect of an actor's character, mood or thought process. This hugely expanded and revised edition details 400 food scenes, in addition to the 400 films reviewed for the first edition, and an introduction tracing the technical, artistic and cultural forces that contributed to the emergence of food films as a new genre--originated by such films as Tampopo, Babette's Feast and more recently by films like Mostly Martha, No Reservations and Ratatouille . A filmography is included as an appendix.

LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.F65Z56 2009