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#5 – Italian Breasts in the Sunshine

Today’s topic: Futurism. For my final blog post I move from cinema into the artistic side of pop culture, a strange art form at that. For days my mind has been plagued by this peculiar ideology and nothing exemplifies the weirdness of the futurist movement better in my mind than ‘Italian Breasts in the Sunshine’.Continue reading “#5 – Italian Breasts in the Sunshine”

#4 – Haute Cuisine (2012)

In this blog, I will be discussing a film itself, and the food it explores. Haute Cuisine is a 2012 film based on Daniele Mazet-Delpeuch, a French female Chef who served as the personal chef of the President of France, Francois Mitterrand, from 1988-1990 before becoming a cook at a research base in Antarctica. InContinue reading “#4 – Haute Cuisine (2012)”

#3 – Ratatouille from ‘Ratatouille’ (2007)

Ratatouille is one of the most renowned food films of all time. Centering around the dish ‘ratatouille’ (or is it?), this film is as French as it gets. Ratatouille was originally a peasant dish from the region of Provence, France. It is essentially a vegetable stew, consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes andContinue reading “#3 – Ratatouille from ‘Ratatouille’ (2007)”

#2 – Lygon Street (North of Faraday Street)

In this post I would like to explore Lygon street, a street not only feeling like a movie portrayal of Italy right in Australia’s backyard, but also one highlighted in many films of its own, such as Si parla Italiano (2013) which unveils the history behind the infamous street. Lygon street has well and trulyContinue reading “#2 – Lygon Street (North of Faraday Street)”

#1 – Spaghetti Bolognese from ‘The Godfather: Part II’ (1974)

The Godfather series is a film heavily based on food, being used both as a plot device and as a means to bring families together (I mean it is of Italian origin after all), and Bolognese is one of the many dishes enjoyed within these films and is what I would like to focus onContinue reading “#1 – Spaghetti Bolognese from ‘The Godfather: Part II’ (1974)”