Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Food Scene in Babylon.AD



This is the beginning part of the movie Babylon AD. Set in the future of Russia. As you can see, the protagonist purchases a hare(rabbit) from a local woman who is kind enough to give him an additional onion without charge. Further in the video, you can see the condition of the apartments that people live in, torn down, unmaintained, all possible from the war waged world of the future. However, no matter when or where, food still plays a major role, its only logical. Later on, you can see the main person butcher, prepare and cook the hare. It would seem that he has some profound culinary skills which will be explained further in the whole movie. As he cooks the hare, he uses red wine, which is a traditional way of cooking ones hare back in France. Despite all the comotion of the condition around the protagonist, the enviroment as such and the physical warfare in the future, you can observe that he is a religious man who prays before eating his meal. It may not be clear to whom that he may worship, but religion is in play. As he dines, he takes a bite of the hare and eats it with a sip of the red wine, this would mean that he is a man with good dining etiquette and knows how to properly enjoy the food, food and wine pairing to be exact. Even while being interrupted, he still holds on to his food, that would mean how precious food meant in the movie.

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