Saving Face

deliverance Face was a romantic deducedy unveiling the truth to the highest degree how characters identity can cause personal and cultural conflicts. allow for and Ma had been keeping a recondite from their family reservation it hard for them to come to terms with themselves and connect with others. However, between it all, radicals were seen throughout the whole movie expressing thoughts, feelings and presence. For instance, Mas constant squawks to leave alone, and tight television photographic camera angles in the movie symbolize an misdemeanour from the outside world.Through those root words, food was the central motif. It expressed emotion, intimacy, and uncoiled feelings for an case-by-case without anyones regulate in Saving Face. Food was the central motif in the romantic comedy Saving Face because it was the unaccompanied reoccurring excogitation that would show an individuals identity. However, Mas phone calls to volition and the tight camera angles in th e movie made it captive for anyone to embrace their identity. The tight camera angles were up to(p) to show pain and scorn one was facing as they started to peal their identity away.As this would happen, one saw how hard it could be in being upfront and honest about themselves to others. When Ma was face up with explaining to her father she was pregnant, with no husband , the movie captured Ma boxed in. In this shot, Ma was in a room, sitting down closed in by the narrow hallway leading to where she was sitting. Her father was in the very(prenominal) room as her not seen, but only heard. This shows how the outside influences need it difficult to tolerate ones state and affects making connections with others.Ma now felt she had to marry someone, even if she wasnt implicated in him. Will had witnessed her mother getting scolded by her grandfather (superior figure to Ma), thus, making it even more complicated and intimidating for Will to tell her family the secret (being a lesbia n and having a partner Vivian). Throughout, Saving Face, Ma would call Will, ironically, just as soon as an intimate scene with Vivian would come on. This is a motif because it was a constant reminder of how big of an daze the Chinese culture and family traditions were on Will.Anything outside of Chinese tradition was frowned upon by her family. Especially with how hard Ma would try to set Will up with a date at the family gatherings, Will knew how hard it would be in being accepted. Will being a lesbian would cause carnage in her family and would work her disowned from the elders in her family. Just as they wouldnt accept Ma, they would do likewise to Will. When Ma would call Will, while she was with Vivian, Will would indiscriminately start acting distant towards Vivian and rush to go home.Vivian would respond to this in confusion and at a lost of words with knowing how Will felt for her. Mas phone calls made it hard for Will to not only be honest to her family, but to herself . If you arent true to who you are, no one is going to be equal to see who you take to be looked as. This motif symbolized a wall in the relationship with Vivian and Will. Mas constant phone calls and the tight camera angles were both emblematical of Will v. Vivian, Will v. her family, and Will v. herself.These specific motifs were the put off to help Will capture her true identity and share it with others. Will knowing she is a lesbian and coming out to it is hard enough on a person. However, with Wills family and traditional culture having such an impact/influence on her life makes it even more of a complex spot because she doesnt want to shame her family. However, this leads to food being the central motif because unlike the two other motifs food captivates sincere feelings/expression.Food was able to capture an identity of an individual in Saving Face without the retch of anyone judging you, forming it to be the central motif. Food can be seen as cling to for a person. Fo r instance, when Ma was watching porn she had traditional comfort food alongside her. Food was capable of showing that Ma is interested in seeing/learning new things. As a result, this shows that Ma isnt all for keeping with tradition. Also, in the beginning of the movie food was capable of capturing a mutual interest between Will and Vivian at the vending machine.Food expresses the truth in a situation. It lets one block out any outside influences. Food is the central motif because its able to form connections with others and to connect with oneself. Food shows a deeper meaning and understanding to a situation. Saving Face is a romantic comedy that shows how traditions can have an individual lead a life of lies affecting not only themselves, but others. Tradition in a family is very hard to shift key out of and is especially most important to elders of a family.