Eat Drink Man Woman

film, the reflection on the daily lifestyles and global trends can be seen by how the movies are presented. In the movie Eat Drink Man Woman, Ang Lee presents a movie primarily about food and family, where the characters symbolize certain ideas and the complex transition of the past traditional life and the modern westernization. In this paper I will discuss how Eat Drink Man Woman shows the expansion of westernization in Taiwan and how there is a constant push and pull between modernization and tradition

Eat Drink Man Woman is a 1994 romantic comedy directed by Ang Lee. This film follows the lives of a widowed father and his three daughters who still live at home. The focuses of this film are humans two most natural desires – food and sex. There is where the title Eat Drink Man Woman comes from; it is derived from a Confucian saying that describes these desires and the fact that they are normal. One of the protagonists in the film, Mr. Chu, is a phenomenal chef who has lost his sense of taste.

Eat Drink Man Woman Analysis             The film clip, Eat Drink Man Woman Opening, starts off with no background music, just the sounds of someone cooking feverishly. This generates a very tense environment, almost as if the cook is in a rush. Immediately, I felt as if the cook were planning an extravagant dinner or holding an important event for large sum of people. All the movements the cook makes are quick and efficient while, the body language of the actor is portrayed as strict, serious and

When watching the movie, “Eat Drink Man Woman”, I was able to learn a lot about the Chinese culture and the food that they eat. Even though all the food that was prepared in the film was high end cuisine, I was still able to get a glimpse of what it had to offer. When a lot of Americans think of Chinese food, they tend to think strictly about American Chinese food, and that is not the case. Many meals were prepared in the film that ranged from elegant soups, chicken, duck, and fish, to fancy dumplings

Eat Drink Man Woman is a movie directed by Ang Lee. The movie takes place in Taiwan in the year 1994. The movie is about a widowed, senior chef, Mr. Chu, and his three grown daughters. Chu Jia-Jen, the oldest, is an unmarried chemistry teacher who is not being able to love someone after being heartbroken in her college years. Chu Jia-Chen, the middle daughter, is a thriving airline executive whose career comes before all and is handed opportunities like never before, although has the passion of

other countries and witness the cultures, traditions, and ritual of said countries, we would notice cultural similarities in our own country, as well. Family, romance, and everyday issues is something that we can find in every culture. In Eat Drink Man Woman, the modern aspects overpower the rituals practiced. However, within this film, traditional standpoints are more dominant from beginning to end. Throughout this paper, I will discuss different traditional approaches that are seen within the

According to a famous Chinese proverb, “Foods are the most important to the people (民以食为天)”. Specifically, food is an important element in Tampopo by Juzo Itami and Eat Drink Man Woman by Ang Lee because it can be related to work and pleasure. With regard to food as work or pleasure, there are three essential levels. In the first level, food is primarily work. Cooking food as an occupation is shown in both films, where the characters obtain no pleasure from the food itself directly. For the second

daughters dread, but later becomes an important forum for the family’s life-changing announcements. Using food as a medium Lee’s film Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) explores the themes of gender roles, family and globalization. The title of this film Eat Drink Man Woman expresses an immediate introduction into the issues of gender and authority. Which greatly shape the role of woman in the professional world of food which is a predominantly male industry. This is shown through the all-male staff at the Grand

An Analysis of Tortilla Soup Tortilla Soup is a film that does more than give the viewer a good feeling. Tortilla Soup is a film with many uplifting qualities that the viewer can relate. The opening scene draws the viewer in as the main protagonists, Martin Naranjo played by Hector Elizondo, prepares a large meal with many different dishes for his family. The way that Naranjo manipulates the kitchen cutlery demonstrates that he is more than a cook. His skill demonstrates that he is a fine chef.

From what I read and watching the trailer of Eat Drink Man Woman I think that the whole movie, it will be about a father that he has to take responsibility that he been forced at him from life and society. And one of the duties is his daughters that he wants to know everything that they do, but the daughters had a different interest in life that they are looking for and one of them is finding love and someone who they want to be with. Also, the cooking skills that the father has it reminds me of