Semiotics of the Kitchen

The very slow, deliberate pacing of this film, the simple setting, and the single unchanging angle of the video camera create a tone of honesty while also showing the monotony of a woman’s life in the kitchen. The motions she uses are also really interesting, and of course humorous. For instance, the quick, abrupt movements with which she tosses imaginary substances aside were very convincing—I almost thought I saw something actually flying out of the spoon. I was entertained by this film—I thought it was short and to the point. The way she ran through the utensils alphabetically built up well to the sudden dramatic Y toward the end, which I liked because it seemed like a question rather than a letter.