Big Night-A feast of Italian cuisine

Rachelle 2022-02-20 08:01:11

Food color is also. I am afraid that the nation that can understand the meaning of this sentence like the Chinese is none other than Italy. Big Night presented a feast of Italian cuisine for the audience. The film tells that in the seaside town of New Jersey in the 1950s, a pair of Italian immigrant brothers Primo and Secondo opened a small restaurant that offers real Italian cuisine-the Paradise. Primo is a master chef with first-class craftsmanship and insists on his ideals. He believes that people should come here to eat only for the food itself. However, it is clear that Americans require food convenience far beyond the taste and quality of food. Their concept of Italian cuisine is limited to spaghetti with meatballs. Just as Pascal, another prosperous Italian restaurant owner opposite them, said, these people are exhausted after get off work and don’t want to use their brains to study what the food is on the plate. They want simple food and they can order it soon. The kind of table. Pascal's mission is to give customers what they want. However, Primo believes that Pascal should go to jail for the food he provided, and the rape of the food in the Pascal restaurant. He said to his younger brother, "Eat good food can be close to God" "If you give people time, people will learn to appreciate good food." However, for Securedo, the most important thing is to have guests come to eat, so he seems to agree with Pascal's point of view, but he can't hold back his brother, he doesn't know what he wants. The result of Primo's persistence is that there are few customers and their restaurant has financial problems. In order to tide over the difficulties, Secureo went to Pascal for help. Pascal agreed to Secureo that he would invite his friends, a famous jazz singer and his band to a restaurant in Secureo, which would help them become famous. For this important night, Secureo spent almost all the remaining money and convinced Primo that the two brothers prepared a grand dinner together. They invited many friends to celebrate. Primo's food won everyone's praise, but the rock singer did not show up in the end. Pascal deceived them in order to let them, especially Primo, work for him. At the end of the film, the two brothers ate the omelet made by Secondo together and forgive each other.
The scene of the dinner party in the film can be said to be the climax of the whole movie: a series of exquisite dishes, the expressions on people’s faces, the colors and fragrances, the bows are staggered... Even people have a somewhat empty and lonely look after they are full. All expressed vividly.

The film not only expresses the passion for food, but more importantly, it is a discussion about the attitude of life and work. Primo's persistence and Pascal's complete compromise can be compared to two completely different attitudes to many problems in reality. For example, freelance artists who insist on their creative styles and art companies that produce large-scale production to meet the needs of consumers. Secondo seems to be in a middle position, vacillating. When he learned that Pascal was lying to them, he told Pascal that you will never get Primo, he is in a position much higher than you, he is rare, and you, you are nothing. Pascal replied, I am a businessman, I can be all kinds of people when I need it, but what about you? What do you want? It seems to say that it is impossible to maintain a compromise position. As Primo said, if I were to make concessions, it would be like murdering my job. This reminds me of movies. Many directors are accused of not being considerate of the audience and obsessed with their own creations. However, if they really change to cater to the audience, the characteristics of their films are likely to be lost. Some people, like Primo, may insist that when the audience only knows the meatball spaghetti, patiently guide them or wait for them to learn to appreciate; while others, like Pascal, think that the audience should be given what they want first, and then Give them what I want to give them. In any case, the important thing is to know what you want.

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  • Caterina 2022-02-20 08:01:11

    Cups are staggered-cups and plates are messy-the urn is dry / how you treat the food is what a person is. /The harvest was very good at the end. After the banquet, they silently climbed onto the table. The brothers hid in the kitchen and ate their simple dinner. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow.

  • Arielle 2022-03-21 09:02:50

    Lots of clichés and arrangements. But those two scenes in the kitchen where everyone doesn't talk are awesome. There are neither close-ups nor soundtracks. Those who should do things seriously do things and those who should leave quietly leave.

Big Night quotes

  • Pascal: [greeting Secondo] Fucking Guy!

  • Secondo: Sometimes the spaghetti likes to be alone.