What are the doorways of the ＂dinner＂ in today’s film review ｜ movies？

Special feature of 1905 film network Food is the most important thing for the people. Since ancient times, China has been a big food country with a long history of food culture. One dining table and several delicacies express more than these four-sided dining tables, which are not only a revolving daily life, but also a post station for conveying emotions. There are countless fragments in the movie that show the taste of dinner and the joy of eating, which shows the "human fireworks" under the spotlight.

When it comes to dinner, the first thing that comes to mind is eat drink man woman, the representative work of director Ang Lee. Every time I revisit this film, I will find that as early as 20 years ago, director Ang Lee had already filmed "China on the tip of the tongue". At the beginning, a series of frying, frying, steaming, frying, stewing, cooking and baking instantly described the essence of China’s food culture to the fullest. "eat drink man woman" revolves around two elements: eating and emotion, and is full of gentle temperament of China traditional culture.　

Besides "eat drink man woman", there are many famous scenes related to dinner in the movie. Let’s take a look at what dinner plays a role in the movie!

Dinner is not only a meal but also a game.

The most famous dinner in history is the "Hongmen Banquet". In the movie "The Legend of the Hongmen Banquet", Fan Zeng designed the Hongmen Banquet, and his intention to kill Liu Bang was obvious. Zhang Liang followed Liu Bang’s left and right, and first played chess with Fan Zeng to delay the time, and another sword was blocked by Xiang Bo. Fan Zengzhi’s plan would have been successful if Han Xin had not obtained Chu Huaiwang’s Amnesty at the critical moment to save Liu Bang’s life, and the wonderful dinner was also amazing for future generations.

Projecting the relationship between characters at the dinner table

In the movie "Love Myth", the most wonderful scene is the scene at the dinner table. The painter Lao Bai, played by Xú Zhēng, arranged a good dinner and invited the blind date Miss Li (Ma Yili), but some unexpected situations made his ex-wife Beibei (wuyue), the passionate Gloria (Ni Hongjie) and his good neighbor Lao Wu (Zhou Yemang) all sit at the same table.

The topic of "good meal", "leftover meal" and "cold meal" during the dinner conversation is self-evident, not referring to the food on the table, but describing the relationship between several people at the table to the fullest.

Love food and sorrow, and the dramatic effect is full.

The "Gu Li Birthday Banquet" in Tiny Times, which has been teased by many young people, is the most dramatic dinner. It was supposed to be a birthday celebration for Gu Li (Guo Caijie). However, at the dinner table, everyone revealed secrets and quarreled with each other. Finally, the anger of Nanxiang (Bea Hayden) and the red wine poured on Gu Li’s head all made the dinner full of drama. So today, "Gu Li Birthday Banquet" is also synonymous with young people describing drama scenes on the Internet.

The reunion dinner in the movie Happy New Year, the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner in which Zhao Benshan bought food early in the morning, was completely broken by the unexpected pregnancy of her granddaughter and the hysteria of her daughter. The lively New Year’s Eve and the full table of meals make everyone’s collapse even more tragic, and this "happy meal and sad eating" pushes the plot to the climax of the whole film.

Render the atmosphere and strengthen the regionality

The drunken shrimp and ribs eaten in "Nobody" are Shanghai cuisine at first sight, which directly explains that the background of the story took place in Shanghai. At the same time, these dishes also have some metaphors. For example, when shrimp is covered with "bang Ji", it is an inescapable metaphor. At this dinner, YiBo and Eric Wang are little shrimps in a bowl, and there is room for interpretation of this image at once.

In addition to these functions, the dinner party is also the place where the actors play their acting skills. Through these simple eating behaviors, the emotions and characteristics of the characters are shown.

In the movie "world without thieves", at last, Rene Liu listened to the policeman across the table telling her husband’s death in the dining room. Rene Liu showed this silent sadness in the performance of mechanically eating roast duck, which made people feel the same. This performance can be called a "textbook" performance.

In the hongmen banquet in the movie "Rock-solid", Yu Hewei plays Li Zhitian eating hot pot by the river, so that officials can reach into the hot pot to get their mobile phones, and lost face is exposed at the end. From this scene, the image of Li Zhitian’s smiling tiger completely stands in the hearts of the audience.

In fact, the dinner in the movie is never just a meal. Whether it is the story behind the dinner or the performance of the actors, it is enough for us to taste it again and again.

Eating in China is a big event, and how to make the meal look like hot fireworks and the subtle flow of interpersonal relationships in movies will be a question that filmmakers should seriously study together. We also look forward to seeing more "famous scenes" of dinner in movies in the future.