@@cbcluckyii4042 i can't cry. like... i lost something deep inside few years ago. so i can't cry, even if i wanted too... yet, i felt that burning sensation in my eyes at that scene. so powerful.
I feel that this channel is one of those treasures that can bring people together instead of dividing them. That really has something to say and its calm beauty is something so rare, almost fantastical.
@@adversitycartoons4050 how can we watch it though? Its been impossible for me and my friends to get a copy of the Story of David, even through less legal means..
"happiness has to be earned...has to be earned slowly" that really hits home for me. We all want to be young and successful, but the steps to get there are long and tedious. To become happy, you much devote yourself to that and work hard, just like David devoted himself to egg fried rice and worked hard too.
@@cringyhuman3210 I do think about that sometimes. When people put so much hardwork and they earn the prize they deserve only to realize the hardwork itself is worth much more than the prize. However, to your question, I think it can be both 'yes' and 'no'. When you finally achieve that happiness, there is fulfillment and it shows that you've achieved a higher level on your craft. But if the happiness is less than the suffering you endure, is it still worth it? I think it depends on how you feel at the moment. If that happiness doesn't turn out to be fulfilling, then maybe it's not. But if you don't try, put the effort and sacrifice, how do you achieve anything that is long-term and difficult? You can achieve anything easy but for short-term but if you want something more fulfilling, a bigger dream, then it'll take a long time and a lot of work.
This video made me cry tears because it reminds me of how human we should be and how some of the most simplest things in life should be cherished. Thank You Accented Cinema!
Watching this video, I couldn't help bursting into tears, I am chinese and cooking in the household means a lot to us. My grandfather used to be a cook and cooks everyday, even though he is old. I am I have just gotten old enough to the point where moving out of the house for college is a possibility. Food means so much more to us than just eating, it is a culture, it is a place where we can sit and talk and chill together. I identify so much with this video, sometimes its the simple things, such as talking with your family during dinner that makes your life good. What I've learned is that a man's characters is not determined by a singular good action, but multiple small gestures made over the course of many years. It saddens me so much because I know it won't be like this for much longer, as both of my grandparents are a few years away from death. I hope I can learn as much as I can from my grandfather and be the person who cooks for their family, as in the end I would love to keep my grandfather's legacy going through my cooking
God of Cookery is a comedic classic I watched when I was very young, and it still remains a classic. Never did I think the movie has such a deep meaning. Your interpretation is spot on. I'm privileged to try some of the best fine dining, but nothing compares to something down to earth like char siew rice - it speaks to my heart.
Your narrative for The story of David shed me in tears. "Every grain of rice is separated evenly coated by a layer of egg", yes that's how my uncle taught me how to cook this dish. Simply yet difficult to achieve, something that needs to be earned slowly in life. Gotta make my self a dish of egg fried rice tomorrow. Thanks for bring this amazing experience to me.
i lived in macao for 3 years and I miss wonton noodles and charsiew rice and this video made me sorta miss macao. as a Singaporean, it makes me happy to asians produce such quality content for a platform dominated by NA and EU. great video!
I've watched God of Cookery dozen times and it always makes me laugh a lot, didn't realize there is a melancholic message about it. How I miss that golden era.. HK comedy will never be the same without Chow
I came back to this video after almost a year because I've been thinking about "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "Life of David" a lot lately. I saw both of those films almost a decade ago, and in the intervening time have become a cook. Back then, the way the food looked blew me away, but now the passion and skill those characters put into their food makes me cry, knowing how much effort they put into their craft. When I spend time with my friends, we always try different restaurants or cook for one another, but haven't been able to do any of that for almost the entire year this video's been out. It's much easier to feel the way food brought us together and what we're missing now that that's gone. Thank you for this essay. P.S. Thank you so much for getting rid of the fake VHS effects in your later videos! The short loop was very distracting :D
Chinese cinema and Chinese food: could there be anything better? When one is done well it is joy. When both are done well together it is breathtaking. Thank you Yang for your channel and sharing something so beautiful with the world. My favorite food scene in Chinese cinema is the tofu and spinach scene in "Light the Red Lantern" which is also one of my favorite films ever. When there are only meat dishes offered at the Songlian's first meal with the other concubines she asks for a vegetarian dish, is offered a number of elegant choices but instead asks for a simple plate of tofu and spinach, a dish that no doubt reminded her of simpler times. While tofu and spinach is a dish with very few ingredients those few ingredients together combine into a dish of true comfort. It is something akin to macaroni and cheese to a Westerner. I've been to China a few times and lived in Viet Nam for a couple of years. I can still taste that simple dish of comfort and joy. In Vietnamese cuisine there's a similar dish that invokes such feelings and is a staple of every Vietnamese home: rau muống xào tỏi. It is made with water spinach (ipomoea aquatica), garlic and oyster and fish sauce served over rice. Very few dishes remind me and many others of home than that one. I would just like to add that Yang's command of the English language is beautiful and sublime. The fact that by his own admission he didn't really feel comfortable with it until he was in college makes his mastery of English all the more amazing. I would love to see him write a screenplay for a movie that honors Chinese culture in the new language he knows so well. Again Yang thank you for your channel. You honor Chinese cinema and Chinese culture with your hard work. "Light the Red Lantern" (1991) full movie with English subtitles: th-cam.com/video/0BVKEaXhWak/w-d-xo.html
As an italian ive been seeing so much similarity in culture too! Both kinds of grandma will slap you with a slipper for cooking something wrong XD Italy is basically the first european country to use rice also. Cheese rice was a staple food in school for me. When you see these british chefs ruining rice by cooking it super wet. Its the worst.
Came here after rewatching the In the Mood for Love video, rewatching this again, this time with a comment. The wonton scene reaalllyy intrigued me to watch the movie, and I am ecstatic that I did. That scene packed so much story and symbolism, and it's just scenes of them buying noodles. Movies that can do something like that is an absolute marvel, as do the rest of the movies shown in this video. Especially the Ang Lee one, gonna watch it soon, since I just rewatched Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
Growing up, I looked after my little brother. I made mistakes. A lot of them. But, one constant was that I always loved him and did what I thought would help him. We're both nearing 30, these days. But, if I do nothing else in this life, I can die happy knowing I made the 7 hr drive back home (right after a tough 12 hrs at work) to be there to cook him and our parents a meal for his birthday. Watching him go back to fill his plate over and over again... it was like he was a little kid again. My happy little brother...
This video made my stomach rumble and my eyes well up with tears. I'm confused... in a good way, but still pleasantly surprised at how this video affected me.
@@markh9131 Unfortunately, episode 3 will be postponed. At least the anime will deviate from the manga considering how bullshit the final arc in the manga was.
As an Asian who has been living away from home for years, this one hit me hard. Your videos allow me to look at the mentioned topics from a very new angle and provide quite deep and thoughtful interpretation of details. I am really looking forward to your future works.
This video hit me in more ways than one. While the ancient Greeks used arts and sciences to portray reality and the west used literature, the East came to use food as their medium. Being a non-Chinese, I learned to appreciate much of the Chinese culture through their food, particularly 卤肉饭 (ground pork on rice) which is made differently in every part of the Chinese world not limited to the mainland alone. 看完之後，肚子就開始餓了。謝謝你，你所做的每一部影片實在是個藝術品，好可惜大陸沒有TH-cam，要不然你的品到應該早就爆炸了。
Thank you for your content, it has really great quality and it's quite rare to find a good channel that focus on Asian Cinema. I really love Asian Food Film genre as it has great philosophy, would love to see more food film genre from my own country
man your videos are so good btw, it's true, my parents are chinese, and my dad always tells me to avoid women who can't cook XD maybe it's because of my backgorund that I deeply respect women who can cook well
Mine said that for an entirely different meaning. Says women shouldn't have a career besides serving their husband. Might be something he learned when he was growing up.
Great video, watching this during Lockdown from India. Hope things get normal soon. Movies to watch during this time 1. King of comedy 2. God of Cookery 3. Story of David 4. Eat drink man woman Also il be making Dumplings for my folks at home tomorrow.
Man you really knew how to pick the scenes and the movies. Didn't know about David will need to watch that one. Thanks for the great job. Its so true. One of my fondest memories was always sitting around the table with the family over many plates of dishes. Now that I moved out the people around me eat at different times and chose convenience and solitude instead of company. Kinda sad but so true.
ahh men love Stephen chow, I respect him even more knowing he was struggling from the very bottom. Story of david sounds great thanks for sharing (nice reference though david vs goliath)
Is he? He's still refusing to even make a sequel to Shaolin Soccer, the movie that broke through to western market. Is he remaking them or is the studio remaking them without his consent?
@@monkeywage he will eventually do it, or maybe not because its a cult classic and he doesn't want backlash but he's been slowly remaking his old movies so I doubt that he's not going to stop at shaolin soccer
Bouncing around in your channel and this video really made me tear up. Food truly is an important aspect of Chinese culture, and I guess I've been missing family, good food, and a meal with loved ones, because I couldn't help but cry watching the various clips you shared. Thanks for the analysis and the discussion on some underrated films! I'm really hungry and emotional now though so I should probably look into finding some comfort food haha.
ok i get it! i subscribed! i love chinese food movies, but i have never wondered about the philosophical undertones of these movies. thanks for the enlightenment. man your channel is something. keep on with the good work. guys like you are the only reason i come on youtube
Food is something I've incorporated in one of my stories, and I decided to watch this video out of curiosity. It made me realise that buying food for other people or simply sharing them is a love language of mine. It's mother's day today and I made my mum a salami sandwich with a drink and a cream filled cake. Most of the time I would buy myself something with no intention to share before sharing or giving it to another person as soon as I get home without them asking.
I'm so glad I found your channel. Your essays are very well written and very poignant. It makes me want to watch all of the movies you talk about. Keep up the amazing work.
Man, these are true beauty of chinese culture, not the mindless patriotism propaganda we all see around today. Hope this channel reach gold button soon.
Food is one of the thing that has kept my family together over years. We are village people and a joint tribal family. Over the course of years,many members left for city for education,and job and bought land and settled there. After my initial years in village I too came to the city at my uncle's place for school. But all of the members scattered here and there come together at Christmas. And those days are the best of the year. We cook together,we go picking fresh ingredients from forest and the field together. And then on Christmas Eve we make this delicacy called ,'Arsa'. It's of two variants Sugar and Jaggery. And the way members contribute in the tedious process of crushing the rice,soaking it and then grind it using a manual mortar,to pareparing the syrup,and trying the syrupy dough. This video reminded me of that. It's beautiful and my eyes were moist towards the end. Thank you. (INDIAN HERE.)
I discovered your channel from the Mulan video, but damn I really love the in depth analysis of all your videos. Introduced you to my close friends, and we're all your subscibers now. Keep up with the great work!
when i was a child i lived in taiwan and this definitely brought me to tears because it gave me back so many memories. i really wish i could experience something like this again, the meals all together and the specific flavors and conversations, but i live in the rural usa now, and i’m estranged from my parents, who are my only connection to taiwan atm. (they were english teachers there). it’s strange because i yearn for that time, but i don’t know what it looks like because it was so long ago, and my parents never really taught me any of the culture after we left. like, i know i’m white, but it still feels as if i was stripped of myself in a way. i hope that makes sense, and isn’t too like.... colonialist of me. anyways shrimp fried rice is sooooo fucking good!!! also shout out to seaweed strips for making my childhood TASTY 😌✌️
Just talked with a Chinese coworker of mine. She didn't recognize Stephen's English name but immediately recognized his picture and was surprised he's well-known here in America.
To think that the first dish presented in Cooking Master Boy is the humble egg fried rice, and yet it earned the Imperial Chef's respect. Mao also started from something simple before he made his way to the top of the Chinese cuisine hierarchy. Now watching that series would never be the same again.
To the Chinese, food is not just something to be sustained by. It can mean love, happiness, dedication and more. I thank you as a Chinese for showing us this message.
to be honest I wish he can just focus on his thing on TH-cam. We might not like a admit it, but we as a people are absolute monsters in criticising our own selves. "What a Chinese man talking about Chinese cinema in Chinese? damn he must be one of those nationalist freaks who want us not to see the bad in our own culture. " would be the stereotypical comment. We as a people need to accept that we can do amazing stuffs by being ourselves. (Ignore me just ranting)
A few of his videos are uploaded and subtitled in bilibili (probably without his consent/knowledge). The comments are generally positive. The most viewed are about Parasite and the one about Chinese swords.
Food of Chinese civilization has always been simple, but deep to feeling that you love and never forget. This is why I'm proud to take my Chinese bloodline.
The same with food of latinamerica, food is love, family, friends and culture practiced and enjoyed with a good company, always sharing, always caring. A good meal can change the life of person. I love Steven Chows movies he reminds alot of me.
Even in horror you can find a good example: Fruit Chan's Dumplings. I didn't notice the food choice in In The Mood for Love (as if I could love that movie more). In Lee's movie, the father recovers his sense of taste after trying his daughter's food which he never approved, truly great cinematic moment. Thanx!!!
Warning - Do not watch this while hungry. Great analysis of the simplest of dishes we as Asian descent had grown up with but never thought much of other than as subsistence. It gave us a new perspective on the deeper representation of each dish but now I must get some food. Thanks for the upload.
You really speak what im trying to show what people nowadays take it for granted. Food is not just some kind of stuff we can eat and go. We have to appreciate everything inside the vibe the arts and finally the taste. No competition no fighting just pure joy of making a one nice plate of fried rice.
Cooking is like making love Me: Ok The joy the father experiences when he tastes the food his daughter made is nothing short of breathtaking Me: Hol up...
Watching the movie “金玉满堂” makes me so happy, it’s so entertaining, it really has all the elements that we needed so much when watching a Chinese New Year movie but sadly Hong Kong film industry is not like in the 90s anymore. The 90s... omg, is such a good time for Hong Kong movies, I miss it badly
I’m so glad I accidentally found your channel. Your videos are articulated perfectly, and I’ve learned so much about Chinese cinema. Please keep up the amazing work!
Happy Chinese New Year 2020 :) Love your channel, am a graduating film student in Singapore- having your channel to binge is really, truly awesome. Makes me feel pride to understand and watch all your reviews on Chinese films !!!!!!!!!
6:18
Money is only temporary, whereas barbeque pork rice is forever.
YESSSSS😤🔥
With little bit dog meat
@@vitadude5004 if u gonna be racist at least do it right
@@vitadude5004 yeah man dont be racist its not dog meat its cat🤣✌️
@@vitadude5004 Ok i chuckle. As a chinese, i give you a pass
@2:19 "Wonton serves as a replacement, for love and comfort."
Me, who loves wonton noodles, tears in my eyes:
Same, girl, same:(
I really wanna see that movie. It looks really sad.
Note to self: Acquire wonton noodle soup for Valentine's Day next year.
Something to fill that spot devoid of warmth.
Dang, I almost teared at that dinner table last scene. As an Asian in Asia, it really means so much to us.
So Very True, Same feeling almost in tears....
What part of Asia?
Grave of the Fireflies.....illustrates why you need to eat every damn grain of rice from your bowl!
@@cbcluckyii4042 i can't cry. like... i lost something deep inside few years ago. so i can't cry, even if i wanted too... yet, i felt that burning sensation in my eyes at that scene. so powerful.
Her dad get married with her best friend and now she called her used to be friend as 'mom'.
This channel is going to grow so much. Pure quality.
This was a genuinely touching video, keep it up.
I feel that this channel is one of those treasures that can bring people together instead of dividing them. That really has something to say and its calm beauty is something so rare, almost fantastical.
256k now
It should at least have 1 mln subscribers
300k soooooon
Man predicted the future
I'm cry when you describe the story of David and Ang-Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman. Thanks for the video
Yes! The story of David is so underrated, there's nothing about it on the Internet, not even a review! More people need to watch it!!!
Same. Such a simple but strong story.
Bald San me too
@@adversitycartoons4050 how can we watch it though? Its been impossible for me and my friends to get a copy of the Story of David, even through less legal means..
"happiness has to be earned...has to be earned slowly" that really hits home for me. We all want to be young and successful, but the steps to get there are long and tedious. To become happy, you much devote yourself to that and work hard, just like David devoted himself to egg fried rice and worked hard too.
If u have to suffer so much to be happy, is the happiness you earned at last more than the suffering you had to endure?
Often no. So it is not worth it.
@@cringyhuman3210 for a lot of people, it is the rolling of the stone that gives them joy and not the goal of it staying on the hill.
@@cringyhuman3210 I do think about that sometimes. When people put so much hardwork and they earn the prize they deserve only to realize the hardwork itself is worth much more than the prize.
However, to your question, I think it can be both 'yes' and 'no'. When you finally achieve that happiness, there is fulfillment and it shows that you've achieved a higher level on your craft. But if the happiness is less than the suffering you endure, is it still worth it? I think it depends on how you feel at the moment. If that happiness doesn't turn out to be fulfilling, then maybe it's not. But if you don't try, put the effort and sacrifice, how do you achieve anything that is long-term and difficult? You can achieve anything easy but for short-term but if you want something more fulfilling, a bigger dream, then it'll take a long time and a lot of work.
*When you came here for food*
but got feels along the way
when that woman said "CHAR SIU AH" i felt that, bbq pork rice is my go-to comfort food
I'm so glad I found this channel. It's like the BBQ pork rice simple, humble yet comforting.
Hah topical
This video made me cry tears because it reminds me of how human we should be and how some of the most simplest things in life should be cherished. Thank You Accented Cinema!
Watching this video, I couldn't help bursting into tears, I am chinese and cooking in the household means a lot to us. My grandfather used to be a cook and cooks everyday, even though he is old. I am I have just gotten old enough to the point where moving out of the house for college is a possibility. Food means so much more to us than just eating, it is a culture, it is a place where we can sit and talk and chill together. I identify so much with this video, sometimes its the simple things, such as talking with your family during dinner that makes your life good. What I've learned is that a man's characters is not determined by a singular good action, but multiple small gestures made over the course of many years. It saddens me so much because I know it won't be like this for much longer, as both of my grandparents are a few years away from death. I hope I can learn as much as I can from my grandfather and be the person who cooks for their family, as in the end I would love to keep my grandfather's legacy going through my cooking
I didnt know A story of David movie..until i saw your essay...now i'll search the web for the movie... Love the essay man...great work
God of Cookery is a comedic classic I watched when I was very young, and it still remains a classic. Never did I think the movie has such a deep meaning. Your interpretation is spot on. I'm privileged to try some of the best fine dining, but nothing compares to something down to earth like char siew rice - it speaks to my heart.
Your narrative for The story of David shed me in tears. "Every grain of rice is separated evenly coated by a layer of egg", yes that's how my uncle taught me how to cook this dish. Simply yet difficult to achieve, something that needs to be earned slowly in life. Gotta make my self a dish of egg fried rice tomorrow. Thanks for bring this amazing experience to me.
i lived in macao for 3 years and I miss wonton noodles and charsiew rice and this video made me sorta miss macao. as a Singaporean, it makes me happy to asians produce such quality content for a platform dominated by NA and EU. great video!
I've watched God of Cookery dozen times and it always makes me laugh a lot, didn't realize there is a melancholic message about it. How I miss that golden era.. HK comedy will never be the same without Chow
I came back to this video after almost a year because I've been thinking about "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "Life of David" a lot lately. I saw both of those films almost a decade ago, and in the intervening time have become a cook. Back then, the way the food looked blew me away, but now the passion and skill those characters put into their food makes me cry, knowing how much effort they put into their craft.
When I spend time with my friends, we always try different restaurants or cook for one another, but haven't been able to do any of that for almost the entire year this video's been out. It's much easier to feel the way food brought us together and what we're missing now that that's gone.
Thank you for this essay.
P.S. Thank you so much for getting rid of the fake VHS effects in your later videos! The short loop was very distracting :D
This was beautiful. Please continue to share these gems of Chinese cinema. I tear up even now to see that last scene in Eat Drink Man Woman...
Chinese cinema and Chinese food: could there be anything better? When one is done well it is joy. When both are done well together it is breathtaking. Thank you Yang for your channel and sharing something so beautiful with the world.
My favorite food scene in Chinese cinema is the tofu and spinach scene in "Light the Red Lantern" which is also one of my favorite films ever. When there are only meat dishes offered at the Songlian's first meal with the other concubines she asks for a vegetarian dish, is offered a number of elegant choices but instead asks for a simple plate of tofu and spinach, a dish that no doubt reminded her of simpler times. While tofu and spinach is a dish with very few ingredients those few ingredients together combine into a dish of true comfort. It is something akin to macaroni and cheese to a Westerner. I've been to China a few times and lived in Viet Nam for a couple of years. I can still taste that simple dish of comfort and joy. In Vietnamese cuisine there's a similar dish that invokes such feelings and is a staple of every Vietnamese home: rau muống xào tỏi. It is made with water spinach (ipomoea aquatica), garlic and oyster and fish sauce served over rice. Very few dishes remind me and many others of home than that one.
I would just like to add that Yang's command of the English language is beautiful and sublime. The fact that by his own admission he didn't really feel comfortable with it until he was in college makes his mastery of English all the more amazing. I would love to see him write a screenplay for a movie that honors Chinese culture in the new language he knows so well.
Again Yang thank you for your channel. You honor Chinese cinema and Chinese culture with your hard work.
"Light the Red Lantern" (1991) full movie with English subtitles:
th-cam.com/video/0BVKEaXhWak/w-d-xo.html
I never realized how close my country - Italy - and China were "food culture"-wise, until now. Great video, keep it up!
Haha, remind me being beaten by my parents for doing bad things when I was young, thank them.
As an italian ive been seeing so much similarity in culture too!
Both kinds of grandma will slap you with a slipper for cooking something wrong XD
Italy is basically the first european country to use rice also. Cheese rice was a staple food in school for me.
When you see these british chefs ruining rice by cooking it super wet. Its the worst.
Came here after rewatching the In the Mood for Love video, rewatching this again, this time with a comment.
The wonton scene reaalllyy intrigued me to watch the movie, and I am ecstatic that I did. That scene packed so much story and symbolism, and it's just scenes of them buying noodles. Movies that can do something like that is an absolute marvel, as do the rest of the movies shown in this video. Especially the Ang Lee one, gonna watch it soon, since I just rewatched Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
Growing up, I looked after my little brother.
I made mistakes. A lot of them. But, one constant was that I always loved him and did what I thought would help him.
We're both nearing 30, these days. But, if I do nothing else in this life, I can die happy knowing I made the 7 hr drive back home (right after a tough 12 hrs at work) to be there to cook him and our parents a meal for his birthday.
Watching him go back to fill his plate over and over again... it was like he was a little kid again. My happy little brother...
This video made my stomach rumble and my eyes well up with tears. I'm confused... in a good way, but still pleasantly surprised at how this video affected me.
Shokugeki no Stephen Chow
One year later, Shokugeki has a fifth season
@@markh9131 Unfortunately, episode 3 will be postponed. At least the anime will deviate from the manga considering how bullshit the final arc in the manga was.
That last scene, got me teary eyed.
Happy Chinese New year! Another great video.
At first the "food is more than just food" seemed like a phrase to throw around, I almost cried in this video
As an Asian who has been living away from home for years, this one hit me hard. Your videos allow me to look at the mentioned topics from a very new angle and provide quite deep and thoughtful interpretation of details. I am really looking forward to your future works.
Man the movie god of cookery was such a classic. Imma have to buy this now.
This was so lovely. The father daughter scene even made me tear up a little. I'm really enjoying learning about Chinese cinema.
This video hit me in more ways than one. While the ancient Greeks used arts and sciences to portray reality and the west used literature, the East came to use food as their medium. Being a non-Chinese, I learned to appreciate much of the Chinese culture through their food, particularly 卤肉饭 (ground pork on rice) which is made differently in every part of the Chinese world not limited to the mainland alone. 看完之後，肚子就開始餓了。謝謝你，你所做的每一部影片實在是個藝術品，好可惜大陸沒有TH-cam，要不然你的品到應該早就爆炸了。
英语好的都翻出来了，他的英文频道进国内不一定能有更高人气。这个频道我倒是觉得完全是做给老外看的，因为讲的都是一些中国人懂的东西。不过讲的真好
Thank you for your content, it has really great quality and it's quite rare to find a good channel that focus on Asian Cinema. I really love Asian Food Film genre as it has great philosophy, would love to see more food film genre from my own country
man your videos are so good
btw, it's true, my parents are chinese, and my dad always tells me to avoid women who can't cook XD
maybe it's because of my backgorund that I deeply respect women who can cook well
Learn to how to cook yourself
@@carmindi5061 didn't say that I can't, it's 2019, everyone should learn how to cook for themselves
Mine dad say becarefull for women that know how to cook soup.
Mine said that for an entirely different meaning. Says women shouldn't have a career besides serving their husband. Might be something he learned when he was growing up.
Great video, watching this during Lockdown from India. Hope things get normal soon.
Movies to watch during this time
1. King of comedy
2. God of Cookery
3. Story of David
4. Eat drink man woman
Also il be making Dumplings for my folks at home tomorrow.
Man you really knew how to pick the scenes and the movies. Didn't know about David will need to watch that one. Thanks for the great job. Its so true. One of my fondest memories was always sitting around the table with the family over many plates of dishes. Now that I moved out the people around me eat at different times and chose convenience and solitude instead of company. Kinda sad but so true.
ahh men love Stephen chow, I respect him even more knowing he was struggling from the very bottom. Story of david sounds great thanks for sharing (nice reference though david vs goliath)
Too bad he's now doing a Hollywood and remaking his old movies
Is he? He's still refusing to even make a sequel to Shaolin Soccer, the movie that broke through to western market. Is he remaking them or is the studio remaking them without his consent?
@@monkeywage he will eventually do it, or maybe not because its a cult classic and he doesn't want backlash but he's been slowly remaking his old movies so I doubt that he's not going to stop at shaolin soccer
@@monkeywage also he's starring in his remakes and directing them so its him not the studio
Stehpen Chow was also a great hit here in South America. Specially Konfusion
Nghe Phúc hát mà nước mắt rơi mãi ....quá nhiều cảm xúc ùa về, quá nhiều kỉ niệm. Cảm ơn Đức Phúc thật nhiều, giọng hát anh ấm tựa nắng mùa Thu vậy.
Bouncing around in your channel and this video really made me tear up. Food truly is an important aspect of Chinese culture, and I guess I've been missing family, good food, and a meal with loved ones, because I couldn't help but cry watching the various clips you shared. Thanks for the analysis and the discussion on some underrated films!
I'm really hungry and emotional now though so I should probably look into finding some comfort food haha.
别说了，饿了。。。
难怪我们都喜欢吃。
This was beautiful. I cried.
Great video. Chinese food totally encompasses traditional Chinese values.
ok i get it!
i subscribed!
i love chinese food movies, but i have never wondered about the philosophical undertones of these movies.
thanks for the enlightenment.
man your channel is something. keep on with the good work. guys like you are the only reason i come on youtube
Food is something I've incorporated in one of my stories, and I decided to watch this video out of curiosity. It made me realise that buying food for other people or simply sharing them is a love language of mine. It's mother's day today and I made my mum a salami sandwich with a drink and a cream filled cake. Most of the time I would buy myself something with no intention to share before sharing or giving it to another person as soon as I get home without them asking.
After two years in Shanghai, the food is the only thing I took for granted and miss the most!
I'm so glad I found your channel. Your essays are very well written and very poignant. It makes me want to watch all of the movies you talk about. Keep up the amazing work.
Man, these are true beauty of chinese culture, not the mindless patriotism propaganda we all see around today.
Hope this channel reach gold button soon.
This video is amazing. I really love the culture that is put into chinese cuisine
God damn it!
I didn't expected I'd cry over an essay video. But I did. And that, is something you should be proud of.
Great job Yang Zhang!
Another fantastic essay mate well done and really appreciated.
This video makes me want to watch all of these movies and hope I can exhibit such artistry some day.
Food is one of the thing that has kept my family together over years. We are village people and a joint tribal family. Over the course of years,many members left for city for education,and job and bought land and settled there. After my initial years in village I too came to the city at my uncle's place for school. But all of the members scattered here and there come together at Christmas. And those days are the best of the year. We cook together,we go picking fresh ingredients from forest and the field together. And then on Christmas Eve we make this delicacy called ,'Arsa'. It's of two variants Sugar and Jaggery. And the way members contribute in the tedious process of crushing the rice,soaking it and then grind it using a manual mortar,to pareparing the syrup,and trying the syrupy dough. This video reminded me of that. It's beautiful and my eyes were moist towards the end. Thank you.
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First time seeing story of david, and I was about to tear up, not from sadness, but from the joy of his accomplishment building up over 30 years, wow
Dude Story Of David has me in my feels. I need to watch the full movie.
I discovered your channel from the Mulan video, but damn I really love the in depth analysis of all your videos. Introduced you to my close friends, and we're all your subscibers now. Keep up with the great work!
when i was a child i lived in taiwan and this definitely brought me to tears because it gave me back so many memories. i really wish i could experience something like this again, the meals all together and the specific flavors and conversations, but i live in the rural usa now, and i’m estranged from my parents, who are my only connection to taiwan atm. (they were english teachers there). it’s strange because i yearn for that time, but i don’t know what it looks like because it was so long ago, and my parents never really taught me any of the culture after we left. like, i know i’m white, but it still feels as if i was stripped of myself in a way. i hope that makes sense, and isn’t too like.... colonialist of me. anyways shrimp fried rice is sooooo fucking good!!! also shout out to seaweed strips for making my childhood TASTY 😌✌️
Just talked with a Chinese coworker of mine. She didn't recognize Stephen's English name but immediately recognized his picture and was surprised he's well-known here in America.
That last scene with eat man drank love made me cry like a baby. 😭😭😭
Just binged all of your videos. They're special and you are special my friend. Please be well and keep making these videos.
A great account of the importance of food with family relationships in Chinese culture.
To think that the first dish presented in Cooking Master Boy is the humble egg fried rice, and yet it earned the Imperial Chef's respect. Mao also started from something simple before he made his way to the top of the Chinese cuisine hierarchy.
Now watching that series would never be the same again.
Simply amazing! When more people discover you, this channel will rise to the heavens. The content is *really that good!*
To the Chinese, food is not just something to be sustained by. It can mean love, happiness, dedication and more. I thank you as a Chinese for showing us this message.
You should make it full Chinese and post it on bilibili Chinese people need to see this
to be honest I wish he can just focus on his thing on TH-cam. We might not like a admit it, but we as a people are absolute monsters in criticising our own selves. "What a Chinese man talking about Chinese cinema in Chinese? damn he must be one of those nationalist freaks who want us not to see the bad in our own culture. " would be the stereotypical comment. We as a people need to accept that we can do amazing stuffs by being ourselves. (Ignore me just ranting)
@@chizhang2765 The Bilibili population is completely toxic, but maybe they'll bond to us over Bi goddamned Zhifei
A few of his videos are uploaded and subtitled in bilibili (probably without his consent/knowledge). The comments are generally positive. The most viewed are about Parasite and the one about Chinese swords.
I really appreciate asian cuisine alot more after seeing this video. It expressed my exact feeling emotion attachment to food
Food of Chinese civilization has always been simple, but deep to feeling that you love and never forget. This is why I'm proud to take my Chinese bloodline.
The same with food of latinamerica, food is love, family, friends and culture practiced and enjoyed with a good company, always sharing, always caring. A good meal can change the life of person. I love Steven Chows movies he reminds alot of me.
The meaning of food is beautiful and so is your description of it.
What a touching set of films you commented on. I've watched God of Cookery, and Eat Drink Man Woman. I will have to watch the rest.
Even in horror you can find a good example: Fruit Chan's Dumplings. I didn't notice the food choice in In The Mood for Love (as if I could love that movie more). In Lee's movie, the father recovers his sense of taste after trying his daughter's food which he never approved, truly great cinematic moment. Thanx!!!
Thank you for making this. I learned so much. I always enjoy watching your videos essays
Warning - Do not watch this while hungry. Great analysis of the simplest of dishes we as Asian descent had grown up with but never thought much of other than as subsistence. It gave us a new perspective on the deeper representation of each dish but now I must get some food. Thanks for the upload.
You really speak what im trying to show what people nowadays take it for granted. Food is not just some kind of stuff we can eat and go. We have to appreciate everything inside the vibe the arts and finally the taste. No competition no fighting just pure joy of making a one nice plate of fried rice.
That last scene.
Haven't seen the movie.
But, oh my.
Now I will.
Cooking is like making love
Me: Ok
The joy the father experiences when he tastes the food his daughter made is nothing short of breathtaking
Me: Hol up...
I am split between replying with "Bruh" or "Lmao"
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Continue man.. Your channel is a gem.
Whenever I missed my parents' cooking while away at college, I would the opening scene to "Eat Drink Man Woman" to remind me a little of home.
This made me feel like crying... I love food! And what it do for me...
催泪弹快躲, a must subscribed channel
Man, this video is excellent. I'm sharing.
Watching the movie “金玉满堂” makes me so happy, it’s so entertaining, it really has all the elements that we needed so much when watching a Chinese New Year movie but sadly Hong Kong film industry is not like in the 90s anymore. The 90s... omg, is such a good time for Hong Kong movies, I miss it badly
God of Cookery is a classic. Pissing shrimp balls and golden Shaolin monks in an exhibition chair match.
This hits so close to home. I'm crying. 😭
This video reminds me of a movie called Master Cheng where a widowed Chinese chef movies to Finland and ends up cooking for a diner
So true, my happy memories is where i am allowed to cook for my wife and both of us enjoy a meal
Your channel is a hidden gem.
It deserves more subs.
bro i didnt expect myself to cry over a video about food
Elegant and powerful. You have the gift of storytelling young man. I look forward to watching many more of your videos. Thank you.
I always come back to this video, out of all of your videos, because the scenes are vibrant and the narrative is spot on.
Thank you, Yang Zhang. I am so moved by this essay
This video is amazing and particularly when you discuss the story of David this video becomes like magic.
Your videos are food for the heart
Just beautifully done videos
Food is LIFE for Chinese
I’m so glad I accidentally found your channel. Your videos are articulated perfectly, and I’ve learned so much about Chinese cinema. Please keep up the amazing work!
Happy Chinese New Year 2020 :) Love your channel, am a graduating film student in Singapore- having your channel to binge is really, truly awesome. Makes me feel pride to understand and watch all your reviews on Chinese films !!!!!!!!!
Egg Fried rice is something that I can eat everyday and all day. GREAT VIDEO!!!
I finally watched the God of Cooking and it was amazing. A great effect of being a fan of this channel is I get introduced to so many great films.
Mr Yang, your content is deep, poetic, classy, witty & interesting.
Esp after watching this, i'm hungry now
almost cried over this video! love it and please keep up!!
this essay makes me want to rewatch eat drink man woman! my first ang lee
I'm so happy to have subscribed to Accented Cinema, the quality is incredible and i've learned so much on Chinese culture.