Cognoscenti of culinary documentaries relish how open the genre is, driving deep into technique, amazing spectators by revealing the profession’s depths.
Rarely, however, does a documentary decide to sidestep the well-known beats of the genre, step back and capture a bigger picture that asks about the nature of beauty and art rather than culinary craftsmanship per se.
“Indeed, things that are visible and audible are called beautiful,” says St. Thomas Aquinas in a quote which prefaces “Cocinar Belleza.” “In contrast,” he adds, as for other senses’ sensations, we don’t speak of beauty, of beautiful smells and flavors.”
“Cocinar Belleza’s” disparate voices vary from philosophers to painters to mathematicians and bullfighters as it ponders our understanding of cooking and whether it should be called an art. Stage center is the eloquent and quite mesmerizing arguments of Quique Dacosta, a Spanish chef, who has a clear position on the subject.
Rarely, however, does a documentary decide to sidestep the well-known beats of the genre, step back and capture a bigger picture that asks about the nature of beauty and art rather than culinary craftsmanship per se.
“Indeed, things that are visible and audible are called beautiful,” says St. Thomas Aquinas in a quote which prefaces “Cocinar Belleza.” “In contrast,” he adds, as for other senses’ sensations, we don’t speak of beauty, of beautiful smells and flavors.”
“Cocinar Belleza’s” disparate voices vary from philosophers to painters to mathematicians and bullfighters as it ponders our understanding of cooking and whether it should be called an art. Stage center is the eloquent and quite mesmerizing arguments of Quique Dacosta, a Spanish chef, who has a clear position on the subject.
- 9/17/2019
- by Emiliano Granada
- Variety Film + TV
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