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<a href=”http://multiblog.educacion.navarra.es/msantosd/2011/11/08/films-about-food-babette%c2%b4s-feast-adventure-the-man-who-would-be-king-by-john-huston1975-lost-horizon-by-frank-capra1937/devil-wears-prada/” rel=”attachment wp-att-207″><img class=”alignright size-medium wp-image-207″ src=”http://multiblog.educacion.navarra.es/msantosd/files/2011/11/Devil-Wears-Prada-300×281.jpg” alt=”” width=”300″ height=”281″ /></a>Films about: WORK WORLD -Film: DEVIL WEARS PRADA A naive young woman comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to one of the city’s biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly. Director: David Frankel Writers: Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay), Lauren Weisberger (novel) Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Adrian Grenie [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicgut4gpwU[/youtube]
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<h1>The Devil Wears Prada</h1>
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The story tells the professional adventure of Andrea, whose greatest dream is to become a journalist. Andrea gets a job in the fashion industry through Runway magazine, the most famous of its type, to make ends meet. But Andrea won’t develop her writing skills in the magazine, but her talents as the editor in chief’s assistant, Miranda. The problem is that Miranda is a merciless, posh and cruel woman, making the experience a living hell for the girl. The environment in the place will be cold and extremely critical with the physical appearance. The girl will have to change her simple and plain style, for a more trendy and elegant one, in order to gain the acceptance of her ruthless boss and colleagues, specially Emily, her unpleasant workmate. Despite everything against Andrea in the office, she will consider the experience as a challenge, drastically changing her clothes and self-image, with the help of Nigel, the magazine’s art director. Nevertheless, the job becomes extremely demanding, because of Miranda’s tough work rhythm and nearly impossible tasks, leaving Andrea without a private life with her boyfriend, family and friends. Maybe the old Andrea has gone, now more preoccupied about her image and her future in the magazine. <em> Written by <a href=”http://www.imdb.com/search/title?plot_author=Alejandro%20Frias&view=simple&sort=alpha”>Alejandro Frias</a> </em>
<span style=”font-size: small”><span style=”line-height: 24px”>Listen to Anne Wintour, director of VOGUE magazine USA. Miranda´s character was inspired in her.</span></span><span style=”line-height: 24px;font-size: medium”>What similarities and differences can you see between them?</span>
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkmKyBzDOE[/youtube]
What do you think about this Loewe ad? I really hope ALL of you have something to say about it to have an interesting debate.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUWFWJ9fRoo[/youtube]
You can see on the internet some of the “parody ads” many people have made(althoug the original ad is probably “the best”). We will talk about them later on.
FOOD:
Estómago (by Marcos Jorge Brazil) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBLYkB5M8xU [/youtube] It describes the rise of an idiot with a talent for haute cuisine cooking, and in a very original touch it tells the same story twice with the same protagonist: once in prison and once as a flashback in the free world. It is an odd hybrid which can best be described as “Ratatouille” (yes, the Pixar movie) meets “Carandiru” (yes, the Brazilian prison drama). This film is one of those happy discoveries you can only have at a film festival. A sexy mix of comedy, good food and violence, Marcos Jorge’s film actually made me hungry while watching it. More after the break… The Story: Raimundo Nonato (João Miguel) is a country simpleton who arrives penniless in a big Brazilian city. Doing odd-jobs at a snack bar for food and lodging only, his future seems dire until he is allowed to assist with the food. Suddenly it turns out Raimundo is surprisingly talented, being able to work miracles with the simplest of ingredients. His cooking also wins him the affection of prostitute Íria, who is happy to share his bed on occasion in return for good food. When he quickly gets snatched up by the owner of a fancy restaurant it suddenly seems like the only way for Raimundo is up… But alas, this is all a flashback, because the present is quite different: Raimundo Nonato (João Miguel) is a simpleton who arrives in jail, banished to a cell he has to share with seven others. Beaten into the filthiest corner for being the new guy, his future seems dire until he lets slip of the fact that he can actually cook. His cellmates discover that Raimundo is surprisingly talented, being able to work miracles with the simplest of ingredients. His cooking also wins him a little respect from top-dog Bujiú, which increases his status. When Bujiú plans a feast to win the favor of feared imprisoned crime boss Etcetera it suddenly seems like the only way for Raimundo is up… But how will his prison adventure end? And why did he have to go to prison in the first place? Babette´s Feast (Academy Award in 1986 for Best Foreign Film). “Babette’s Feast,” is about edible art — Art with a capital A — a precise and elegant piece, is adapted from Isak Dinesen’s short story by director Gabriel Axel. Axel is uniquely suited to this story of a culinary genius who spends 14 years in Jutland smoking cod. And then one day she stuns the taciturn Jutlanders by preparing a mighty feast. …from an interesting book by Jean Renoir where you can read ” Is the cinema an art? I answer:”It doesn´t matter” one can make films or just work in gardening. Both jobs are art in the same way a Verlaine´s poem or a Delacroix´ picture are art. If the films are good, or the garden is being taken care of properly, one is practising the art of gardening or the art of film making. The authors of both activities are artists. The cook who makes a good meal is an artist… We will mainly focus on the last part of the film (after doing a short introduction of the plot) to see the main character, the cook, doing her job and going over her background.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arEPBvdZAnc[/youtube]
Background information about some themes which are important to understand the film: <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune”>The COMMUNE</a> The cook flew from Paris as she belonged to this French movement <a href=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/babettesfeastnrkempley_a0ca1c.htm”>Review </a>of the film <a href=”http://www.fuhem.es/cip-ecosocial/dossier-intercultural/contenido/Cine.pdf”>Didactic Unit </a>about Babette´s Feast and Bagdad´s Café
SUSPENSE: MEMENTO
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQgzueCzaU[/youtube]
2000, USA, Cert 15, 113 mins, Thriller, Dir: Christopher NolanWith: Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano
A man is determined to find justice after the loss of a loved one, even though he is incapable of fully remembering the crime, in this offbeat thriller. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is a man who is struggling to put his life back together after the brutal rape and murder of his wife. But Leonard’s problems are different from those of most people in his situation; he was beaten severely by the same man who killed his wife. The most significant manifestation of Leonard’s injuries is that his short-term memory has been destroyed; he is incapable of retaining any new information, and must resort to copious note-taking and Polaroid photographs in order to keep track of what happens to him over the course of a day (he’s even tattooed himself with a few crucial bits of information he can’t get along without). Leonard retains awareness that his wife was brutally murdered, however, and he’s convinced that the culprit still walks the streets. Leonard is obsessed with the notion of taking revenge against the man who has ruined his life, and he sets out to find him, getting help from Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss), who appears to be a sympathetic barmaid, and Teddy (Joe Pantoliano), who claims to be Leonard’s friend, even though Leonard senses that he cannot be trusted. Writer/director Christopher Nolan adapted Memento from a short story by his brother Jonathan Nolan. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
R, 1 hr. 56 min.
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
ANTHROPOLOGY/MUSIC…Gadjo Dilo (The Crazy Stranger)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERxlo6F4sWo[/youtube]
Directed by Tony Gatlif
Romania / France 1997
Endearingly shaggy comedy-drama, improvised around the thinnest wisp of plot: genial, wild-haired young Frenchman Stephane (Romain Duris) arrives in a remote Romanian village in search of Nora Luca, a Gypsy singer much loved by his late father. The local Roma community is initially hostile, but gradually accept Stephane after he first befriends blustery oldster Izidor (Izidor Serban), and then local ‘bad girl’ Sabina (Rona Hartner).
But this narrative is really just an arbitrary framework on which Algerian-Gypsy Gatlif strings colorful vignettes illustrating the richness of Roma life. He’s out to celebrate a remarkable culture that survives in Europe’s hidden corners, one whose Eastern roots are clearly exposed in the frequent bouts of singing and dancing.
Gadjo Dilo is much more successful in terms of anthropology and good-time atmosphere than as a feature-film drama.
CINEMA ABOUT OTHER CONTINENTS:
INDIA
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE by Danny Boyle
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzbwV7on6Q[/youtube]
See about how to work about this film in the following<a href=”http://www.cineddhh.org/guias-didacticas/slumdog/i-introduccion/” title=”IPES page: Slumdog Millionaire”> IPES page: Slumdog Millionaire</a>
Compare the similarities of the opening scene with the one in
City of God and trainspotting . Can you find them?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd68fZq_af4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf_WiEb9Qs[/youtube]
<a href=”http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/movies/12slum.html?_r=0″ title=”Film review”>Film review</a>
CHINA:
China Blue (Chinesse documentary)English with Spanish subt(19 minutes)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLdqz0ooj_Y&list=PLB2BD921D57B484B9[/youtube]
Full documentary with Portuguese subt
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu5VG-pA8aE[/youtube]
Interview with the director (English)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGxbCnLvE6Y[/youtube]
<a href=”http://livingwage.cleanclothes.org/a-wage-you-can-live-from/?contact-form-id=widget-text-2&contact-form-sent=13360&_wpnonce=b077f08ffb#contact-form-widget-text-2″ title=”CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPEIGN”>CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPAIGN</a>
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTehggY29Xg[/youtube]
El precio de un vaquero blue jeans publicado por Otra tv es posible (in Spanish)85`
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GNRf4SQYyY[/youtube]
INDIA (documentary)
Documentary: Broken Tale: A tiger´s Last Journey
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGkrtP6B3BQ[/youtube]
ADVENTURE :<a title=”Lost Horizon” href=”http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500141h.html” target=”_blank”> Lost Horizon </a>by Frank Capra,1937 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hne7jqIzvXM[/youtube]
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