Ever since before taking this course I have always been attracted to movies and cooking shows. The way the food is prepared and the passion that many chefs put into their delicious creations. Many of the recipes are part of the person's culture and they continue to cook them to commemorate an important part of their history. A good example of this is the film Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers, where garlic is at the heart of every recipe but is of great importance to the different cultures represented in this film. There are several cultures represented but the one I liked the most and the one that I thought stood out the most was Spain. When they talk to the man who is from Spain, he begins by explaining how garlic and tomatoes were the main source of food for the people living in the camps during the Spanish war. Ashe was explaining that her tone of voice showed passion and pride in how garlic is an important part of her country's food history. He is later shown singing and dancing flamenco, a form of Spanish folk music, and garlic is everywhere and he even has a necklace with a garlic pendant. On top of this, later in the film he seasons the meat, of course, with garlic and other spices; as he does so, flamenco music is heard in the background and the rhythm of his knife or kitchen instrument follows the rhythm of the music. I was fascinated by this scene, simply the art of cooking is beautiful and combined with the music was wonderful. This film was both participatory and expository. Participatory because the director obviously interacts with the people Les Blank is interviewing. Expository because it seems like a TV special on garlic, in many times there is a lot of B-roll of garlic and...... middle of paper ......if while he was demonstrating how to cook garlic and tomato snack is prepared, the camera would zoom in on the cutting and seasoning of the snack, then the camera would cut to a wider shot of him. There were other times where jump cuts were used, and I believed this was used because it represented the collaboration between the cook and the food. As I said before, flamenco served as a great soundtrack when the Spaniard was cooking, but there were also other sounds and music that made up the film. There were also the sounds of food hitting a hot pan or the sound the knife made when it hit the cutting board or the crushing of various ingredients. There was also music that represented other cultures such as Mexican, Italian and other types of popular music. All these sounds made the film so unique and made me care more about the film and what it was exposing.