How do film directors utilise food in film? Food and drink play a vital communicative role, yet it often remains unnoticed by the spectator.
In the neo-noir film genre, food and drink scenes constantly turn into death and violence, intensifying the impact of unexpected brutality. 

Appetisers for Brutality is an ‘editorial trilogy’ that depicts this juxtaposition in three selected films: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994), Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1975) and Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967).