Food Between Life and Death in the Cinema of Marco

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7336
dc.contributor.author	Novielli Maria Roberta
dc.title	Food Between Life and Death in the Cinema of Marco Ferreri and Itami Jūzō
dc.type	Capitolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	International cinema of every era has told of the relationship between men, women and food. In many cases it is presented as a common thread capable of binding every life impulse: sex, spirituality, greed, even death. In the cases of Italy and Japan, there are two directors in particular for whom the theme recurs with greater incisiveness: Marco Ferreri and Itami Jūzo, and especially in their works La Grande Abbuffata and Tanpopo. Both movies also represent a critique of the consumer society and the general decay of civil entourage. The characters thus contribute to representing a sort of mythology of the human being, each distinct in a grotesque, surreal and in many cases parodic way while they use food to translate their impulses. This essay aims to highlight the similarities between the main narrative strategies used by the two directors.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2021-07-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-06-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-559-9/food-between-life-and-death-in-the-cinema-of-marco/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-559-9/014
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-559-9
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Cinema
dc.subject	Death
dc.subject	Ferreri
dc.subject	Food
dc.subject	Itami
dc.subject	La Grande Bouffe
dc.subject	Life
dc.subject	Symbolism
dc.subject	Tampopo

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Food Between Life and Death in the Cinema of Marco Ferreri and Itami Jūzō

Maria Roberta Novielli Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

International cinema of every era has told of the relationship between men, women and food. In many cases it is presented as a common thread capable of binding every life impulse: sex, spirituality, greed, even death. In the cases of Italy and Japan, there are two directors in particular for whom the theme recurs with greater incisiveness: Marco Ferreri and Itami Jūzo, and especially in their works La Grande Abbuffata and Tanpopo. Both movies also represent a critique of the consumer society and the general decay of civil entourage. The characters thus contribute to representing a sort of mythology of the human being, each distinct in a grotesque, surreal and in many cases parodic way while they use food to translate their impulses. This essay aims to highlight the similarities between the main narrative strategies used by the two directors.

Pubblicato

22 Dicembre 2021

Accettato

21 Luglio 2021

Presentato

10 Giugno 2021

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978-88-6969-559-9

Keywords: Ferreri • Cinema • La Grande Bouffe • Tampopo • Symbolism • Death • Food • Life • Itami

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