This is a digression, but it is the emotional basis for me before watching "Toast". I have always regarded food as an absolute positive energy, it can soothe emotions, enhance feelings and bring joy. Of course, I also know that food can also become a weapon or even a hidden weapon, killing people invisibly - remember the movie "The Story of Two Foods"! However, that is a kind of extreme darkness, and it can be excluded from the scope of normal discussion. It wasn't until I watched "Toast" that I realized how complicated the emotions hidden in the food are, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the food - it can be unpalatable, but sweet and happy; it can be delicious , but it is full of murderous intentions, fighting openly and secretly. Perhaps just as the taste of food is rich and multi-layered, the emotions attached to it are also complex.
To understand this film, in fact, the original subtitle is more revealing: The Story of a Boy's Hunger. What appears to be a craving for food is actually an emotional craving. Nigel probably wouldn't have become a famous British food writer if it weren't for his mother's poor cooking skills, his mother's early death, his father's brutality, and his rejection of his stepmother who was very good at cooking. Nigel loves food, but his love is more sad than happy. So in the film, no matter how beautiful and attractive the food that appears in the second half, it makes people have no appetite - just like a father who is covering his stomach and frowning from time to time, when food becomes a burden, how can it bring happiness ? The only food I miss is the simple butter on toast.
Before, I only knew that suffering produces poets, but now I realize that suffering also produces gourmets. You see, the desire, nostalgia, and competition for food have actually cultivated a famous food writer!
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