These clips are not yet incorporated into either 3350 or 3360. The clips generally suggest a video essay on food as an essential film ingredient.
Have you ever wondered if food across films could be an essay topic? Take a look at this montage; then have a more detailed look below of food scenes from some well-known Chinese films.
Going home for dumplings on New Year’s Eve. Seventeen Years.
Eating Pineapples – Chunking Express.
Eating instant noodles while listening to the “recipe” on the radio, who does that? The Hole.
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. Too much food.
1 The instant noodles girl from The Hole has found Jesus although the food does not need to be blessed.
2 Beggar’s Chicken (the leaf wrapped chicken and hammer).
3 Unchewable chicken gizzards.
4 Stinky Tofu at the Market (How to steal a boyfriend)
5 Dad can taste the soup (accepts his daughter).
Ermo
1 Capitalism in China in the early 90s.
2 Erotic noodle making with feet.
3 Eating decadent dishes in the cosmopolitan restaurant.
4 Big bowls of noodles and pig’s ear in the shadow of adultery.
Red Sorghum. Scarcity of hamburgers.
Red Sorghum. Best drinking song ever.
In Love We Trust. Watch the body language. Then find the film and watch it. That will save a two hour explanation.
Still Life. The proper attire to eat rice.
Still Life. Cell Phones and Chow Yun-fat.
Still Life. Peanuts, sliced dried tofu, bamboo, and beer.
The Story of Qiu Ju. If you didn’t notice, they are sitting on a kang; a bed warmed by coals underneath.
Shower. Noodles, cucumbers, garlic, and sauce.
THE END! And apparently also the end of Chinese food in Green Tea.