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Liam Breslin Dr. Esa Reel Food 4/26/20 Blog 10 What is your favorite food? Where does it come from? Is it something your family makes often? If so, it is likely that that food is something grounded within your heritage. Heritage is an important part of human culture and is vital to coexisting with each other. This plays a very important role for our brotherly characters in Big Night. Stanley Tucci’s “Segundo” and Tony Shalhoub’s “Primo” are two italian immigrant brothers living and working in 1950’s New Jersey in a family owned Italian restaurant. Throughout the movie, from the very first 10 minutes all the way to the end, it seems as though these brothers are on opposing sides of the same coin. They are both brothers from the same Italian town trying to survive in America, but have completely different immigrant perspectives. Segundo wants to be successful and financially stable and remain in America, but the restaurant is not as popular as the other Italian restaurant ...

Liam Breslin  Dr. Esa 4/12/20 Reel Food Blog 9 Where are you from? Yes, your town or the country you’re family is from are fine answers each. Is there anything specific you can remember that trademarks the place you are from or even trademarks your own family. Culture is mainly propelled by influences of where people are from and their family (biological or chosen). Within both films, Once Upon a Time and Soul Food, the audience is shown, in specific instances, culture being shared amongst groups of African-American people in various periods. At the start, both films feature a more or less scattered family that the story ultimately gravitates around. However, as the film progresses, sometimes subtly, we see more of the family/group come together, especially in accordance with food.  In an article from Reel Food, Balthrope describes various elements about the significance of food within both films. One of these elements is the sense of community large meal...

Liam Breslin  Dr. Esa 4/6/20 Reel Food Blog 9 Have you ever had a Sunday dinner with your family? No no, I don't mean microwaving something then eating in front of the TV. I mean a REAL Sunday dinner, eating food freshly cooked with your family with “good manners and pleasant conversation”.Both Eat Drink Man Woman and Tortilla Soup are similar films in both cinematography as well as plot, as one is based on the other. Food is also an important tool to tell the story of both of these films. Although they are different films in various areas, both feature a Sunday dinner within the beginning of each film.  Both Tortilla Soup and EDMW feature what we see as a family of 3-4, having a single father who is a revered chef that works at a high end restaurant with his (mainly) 3 daughters. Each daughter in both films is living a different life from her sisters and has a different focus/perspective as the movie progresses. However, in the beginning of each film, as e...