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(2008)Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, USA) by Tim Burton Main Cast: Johnny Depp; Freddy Highmore; Company: Warner Bros. The five kids who find one of the five golden tickets in a chocolate bar are allowed to visit the mysterious chocolate factory of Willy Wonka. Scene: eating normal mixed adults adolescent or children in company 0:20:41-0:21:18: eating Charlie shares his chocolate with his family. They enjoy every bit of it. Here the chocolate is used as a way of portraying Charlie’s kindness and the community of the family. Clip: 121
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(2008)The Secret life of Mary-Margaret (1992, USA) by Alan Coulter Main Cast: Calista Flockhart Company: Future Film The story is a very straightforward one. A teenage girl gets obsessed about her weight. First she starts to fast. After that she realizes that she can eat if she throws up afterwards. Scene: eating female adolescent or children bulimic eating Transgressive solitary health problem 09:03-10:15 After binge eating she throws up in the toilet. Discussion: This scene is very straightforward. People will pity her. Clip: 40 (Addictions 5)
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(2008)What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, USA) by Lasse Hallström Main Cast: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis Company: Paramount Pictures Gilbert has to care for his obese mother and his mentally disabled brother Arnie. Scene: eating female adults indulging nontransgressive 0:26:00-0:26:25: eating During an argument, Gilbert’s mother stands up and stamps with her feet. Gilbert realizes that the floor vibrates under her weight. The discussion might be about the prejudices about obese people. Clip: 334
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(2008)Yin shi nan nu (1994, Taiwan) by Ang Lee Main Cast: Sihung Lung Company: Central Motion Pictures Corporation Chu, a kitchen chef, lives together with his three grown up daughters. Scene: alcohol normal eating mixed adults strong nontransgressive in company 1:42:59-1:48:06: eating/alcohol Chu gives a big dinner. Everybody enjoys the food. Chu gets drunk and because of his speech one of the guests faint. This scene shows on the one hand the positive community of the table, on the other hand the harm of drinking too much alcohol. Clip: 342
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(2008)What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, USA) by Lasse Hallström Main Cast: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis Company: Paramount Pictures Gilbert has to care for his obese mother and his mentally disabled brother Arnie. Scene: eating female adults indulging 1:04:24-1:05:18: eating Gilbert’s mother has to go to the police station to help Arnie. When she comes out of the station there is a crowd looking at her. This scene is more about the people around the obese person than the obese person herself. Clip: 335
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(2008)Babettes gæstebud (1987, DK) by Gabriel Axel Main Cast: Stéphane Audran Company: Panorama Film A/S The movie tells the story of a small Danish village in the 19th century. There the parson has two lovely daughters. They decide to stay at their father side instead of marrying. After some years they give refuge to a French woman, Babette, who becomes their cook and housekeeper. They make a big feast for memory of the 100th birthday of the parson. Babette, who was the cook of the famous ""Café Anglais"" in Paris, is in charge of the cooking. Scene: eating normal mixed adults alcohol nontransgressive in company 1:28:34-1:29:04: eating Everybody enjoys the dessert. Clip: 89
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Chocolat (2008)Chocolat (2000, USA) by Lasse Hallström Main Cast: Juliette Binoche; Johnny Depp; Company: Miramax Films The movie tells the stoy of Vianne, who opens a chocolaterie in a small town during Lenten season. She has a hard time at first, as the Comte de Reynaud, who is also the mayor of the town, forbid the village people to visit the store. One by one Vianne managed to “hook” the village people by her chocolate and her view of life. In the end even the stern mayor gives in. Scene: eating male adults indulging Transgressive solitary 01:43:03-01:44:46: eating In this scene Comte de Reynaud gives in to his desire for chocolate (which is here a symbol for enjoying life). At first he starts to destroy the window display of Vianne’s chocolaterie. But while doing that he gets a small peace of chocolate on his lips. He tastes it and from this onwards he starts to binge the chocolate laughing and crying the same time. Finally he falls asleep in the display window. This scene can be seen as addictive. There is a loss of control: An uncontrollable urge for chocolate as soon as the abstinent gets only the smallest peace of it into his mouth. Moreover he does not seem to be able to control his emotions, as the Comte is crying and laughing and then falls asleep in the display window, cheeks full of chocolate, like a child. Clip: 131
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(2008)Requiem for a Dream (2000, USA) by Darren Aronofsky Main Cast: Ellen Burstyn; Jared Leto Company: Artisan Entertainment The movie tells the story of four different people to find a meaning in their life. They all fail in the end. Sara is obsessed about appearing in a TV show and wants to lose weight to fit into her red dress. Scene: eating female adults fasting nontransgressive solitary 0:24:35-0:25:31: eating During her favorite TV show Sara hallucinates to see food in her room. She imagines the fillings of the fridge. Cue dependency. Clip: 278
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(2008)I want someone to eat cheese with (2006, USA) by Jeff Garlin Main Cast: Jeff Garlin; Dan Castellaneta; Company: 3Art Entertainment James is obese. He eats to forget about his problems in work and with women. Scene: eating male adults indulging nontransgressive 0:31:14-0:32:02: eating James has an unpleasant conversation with his mother at the dinner table. He wants to leave, but is too hungry to go without food. Clip: 127
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(2008)What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, USA) by Lasse Hallström Main Cast: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis Company: Paramount Pictures Gilbert has to care for his obese mother and his mentally disabled brother Arnie. Scene: eating female adults indulging 1:38:30-1:39:15: eating After a long time Gilbert’s mother walks up the stairs into the second floor. She is totally exhausted afterwards. Here the mother manages to break the vicious circle of non-movement and weight gain. It is hence possible to consider the scene, as a sign of her strong will to overcome her obesity. Clip: 336
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(2008)I want someone to eat cheese with (2006, USA) by Jeff Garlin Main Cast: Jeff Garlin; Dan Castellaneta; Company: 3Art Entertainment James is obese. He eats to forget about his problems in work and with women. Scene: eating male adults indulging nontransgressive solitary 1:02:22-1:03:10+1:04:26-1:04:55+1:06:32-1:07:27: eating James girlfriend leaves him. He gets to the store to get his special candy and wants to have it, although the best before date is already overdue. He starts to eat on the car, but throws it away. Clip: 129
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(2008)What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, USA) by Lasse Hallström Main Cast: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis Company: Paramount Pictures Gilbert has to care for his obese mother and his mentally disabled brother Arnie. Scene: eating female adults indulging in company 0:15:24-0:16:40: eating Gilbert’s family is having dinner. They carry the table to the couch, where the mother sits. The “kids” are arguing at the table. The obese woman is too lazy to get up to the dinner table, but let the table be brought to her. This shows the vicious circle of very obese people: “Exercise” becomes hard for them hence they avoid it. Of course this leads to more weight gain. Clip: 333
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(2008)I want someone to eat cheese with (2006, USA) by Jeff Garlin Main Cast: Jeff Garlin; Dan Castellaneta; Company: 3Art Entertainment James is obese. He eats to forget about his problems in work and with women. Scene: eating male adults indulging nontransgressive solitary 0:39:42-0:39:58: eating James lies on his car and is eating. Clip: 128
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(2008)Life is sweet (1991, UK) by Mike Leigh Main Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent Company: British Screen Productions The movie tells the story of a family North of London. Nicola has estranged from her family and an eating disorder. Scene: eating female adolescent or children bulimic eating Transgressive solitary health problem 0:40:13-0:40:39+0:41:05-0:42:06: eating Nicola is in her room and binges and vomits. Clip: 232
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(2008)Unter uns (1994-, D) by Daniel Anderson et al. Main Cast: Nike Martens Company: RTL, UFA Unter uns is an ordinary soap opera shown in the evening. One of the plots shows a teenage girl’s struggle with bulimia. Scene: eating female adolescent or children bulimic eating nontransgressive Sequel 2274: 0:12:22-0:12:32: At the beginning of the day, Romy tells her father her plans of the day. The scene shows the effort to fulfill all demands: school, work and sports i.e. body shape. Clip: 324
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Chocolat (2008)Chocolat (2000, USA) by Lasse Hallström Main Cast: Juliette Binoche; Johnny Depp; Company: Miramax Films The movie tells the stoy of Vianne, who opens a chocolaterie in a small town during Lenten season. She has a hard time at first, as the Comte de Reynaud, who is also the mayor of the town, forbid the village people to visit the store. One by one Vianne managed to “hook” the village people by her chocolate and her view of life. In the end even the stern mayor gives in. Scene: eating normal mixed adults adolescent or children alcohol nontransgressive in company 1:07:03-1:07:53: alcohol/eating Armende gives a birthday party. There is wine and food on the table. Clip: 132
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(2008)Babettes gæstebud (1987, DK) by Gabriel Axel Main Cast: Stéphane Audran Company: Panorama Film A/S The movie tells the story of a small Danish village in the 19th century. There the parson has two lovely daughters. They decide to stay at their father side instead of marrying. After some years they give refuge to a French woman, Babette, who becomes their cook and housekeeper. They make a big feast for memory of the 100th birthday of the parson. Babette, who was the cook of the famous ""Café Anglais"" in Paris, is in charge of the cooking. Scene: eating normal male adults nontransgressive solitary 1:23:15-1:23:20: eating Here we can see the cabman, sitting in the kitchen, really enjoying Babette’s meal. No one would consider this as addictive behaviour, nor strong consumption. He is just a man enjoying a very good meal. Clip: 84
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Chocolat (2008)Chocolat (2000, USA) by Lasse Hallström Main Cast: Juliette Binoche; Johnny Depp; Company: Miramax Films The movie tells the stoy of Vianne, who opens a chocolaterie in a small town during Lenten season. She has a hard time at first, as the Comte de Reynaud, who is also the mayor of the town, forbid the village people to visit the store. One by one Vianne managed to “hook” the village people by her chocolate and her view of life. In the end even the stern mayor gives in. Scene: eating normal mixed adults adolescent or children alcohol nontransgressive in company 01:15:20-01:16:05: eating In this scene we can see the party of Armende, an old lady. Everybody enjoys the meal – even the dog beneath the table. I cannot imagine that someone will consider this as addiction, as everybody really seems to enjoy the meal, without any harm consequences – although Armande has diabetes and should not eat such food (but this is not recognizable in this scene). Clip: 130
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(2008)I want someone to eat cheese with (2006, USA) by Jeff Garlin Main Cast: Jeff Garlin; Dan Castellaneta; Company: 3Art Entertainment James is obese. He eats to forget about his problems in work and with women. Scene: eating male adults indulging Transgressive solitary 0:01:00-0:02:14+0:02:45-0:03:30: eating James buys candies in his neighborhood grocery store. At first the shopkeeper does not want to sell the unhealthy food to James. Later James eats the food alone on the motor hatch of his car. Clip: 123
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(2008)I want someone to eat cheese with (2006, USA) by Jeff Garlin Main Cast: Jeff Garlin; Dan Castellaneta; Company: 3Art Entertainment James is obese. He eats to forget about his problems in work and with women. Scene: eating male adults indulging transgressive solitary 0:10:10-0:10:43: eating James girlfriend leaves him. James starts to eat alone at his car. Clip: 124
