Dinner and a Movie: Analyzing Food and Film

摘要

Scholars have shown that food is integrated into films' mise en scène and narrative design in ways that shape viewers' perception of the characters and their interactions, the social dynamics explored in a film, and the ideological perspectives conveyed by a film. Their studies of food and film viewing have revealed ways that food behaviors are components of individual negotiations with contemporary mass culture. An increased exchange between food studies and film studies has the potential to enrich both fields. Political economy scholarship in both disciplines continues to unearth information that could enhance understanding in both fields of inquiry. The foodways paradigm lends support for film scholars' work in ethnography and audience reception; the vocabulary and methods of analysis used in film studies facilitates nuanced studies of food in film.