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I loved the big metaphor of this film

posted 8 years ago by BobStage
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It was easy to see. Just replace every mention of "making food" with "film-making".

A man gets tired of making movies for hire, forced to abandon creativity in favour of giving his audience repetitive and safe choices that the audience grows to mock him for. So what does he do? He goes on the road with a very modest plan, returning to indie filmmaking which gives him newfound success and allows him to make movies that he cares about.

And the best part was that I wasn't even describing the synopsis of "Chef"'s plot, I was describing how Jon Favreau ended up making "Chef".

[–] teguhtheoffice 8 years ago

I think you are right, after his horrible Cowboys and Aliens, Jon decided to go indie with "Chef",
But i kinda cynical about his next project tho

[–] rotomato 8 years ago

When it premiered, many critics indeed called it an allegory of his film making life. Favreau denies the comparison.

[–] jak-stiid 8 years ago

Although Favreau denies this, I have a feeling he will admit it someday now that he has gone back to do studio projects such as The Jungle Book.