Food Movie Review_Hye Kim

Julie & Julia (2009) by Nora Ephron

Julie and Julia is a story how Julia Child and Julie Powell find their meaning of life through enjoying cooking and sharing recipes. It is interesting that they both think food as a medium to share and to communicate with other people. Julia Child is not only just a cook, but also is a writer of cookbook, which many people can share her recipes. Julie Powell starts her blog to share her experience to finish 524 recipes in 365 days. People are interested in food and cooking generally, so food can be a starting point to communicate and a reason to meet. Especially, cooking can change or celebrate every day life through knowing pleasure to share food with other people.

Gloomy Sunday(1999) by Rolf Schubel

Gloomy Sunday is a story that three men Laszio, Andras, Hans, falls in love with Ilona. Ilona both loves Laszio and Andras at the same time, they struggle to accept it but finally they share Illona’s love. Andras made a beautiful piano song, Gloomy Sunday, which makes young people to suicide in depression period. Ilona rejects Hans’ proposal, and Hans comes back to Budapest with power. The movies interweaves food, music, love and history together. It is interesting that Hans comes back at SZABO restaurant in Budapest when he has 80^th birthday party to have a beef roll, which he ordered all the time to see Ilona. Sometimes food can be a trigger to remember the past. Through having same food at the same place with same music or atmosphere, people want to go back that time or remind that time depending on sensual experience and imagination.