There is a considerable portion of the population of Toronto, where this short film was shot, of Italian extraction. Old ways die hard, and the traditional activities of women preparing tomato sauce from the home country are continually being carried on in their new homes over the seas.
Even walking home in a relatively new-built suburb just outside Toronto, one often sees women hard at work with vats and bushels full of tomatoes in their garages.
The choice to have this visual display - so much red!! - accompanied by an aria from Verdi sung by a member of the C. O. C. (Canadian Opera Company) was certainly an inspired one, as the vibrant pulses of his melodies suit the squashing, pouring and mixing of the fruits which are shown.
The Italian culture, at least in Italy, has what is best described as a 'joie de vivre' in which they really enjoy life. I've been told by a child of immigrants of that background that it is almost impossible to export that feeling.
But cutting, slicing, dicing, and preparing tomatoes in the way that mamma used to do it back home is at least a creditable effort to do just this.
Well done.
Even walking home in a relatively new-built suburb just outside Toronto, one often sees women hard at work with vats and bushels full of tomatoes in their garages.
The choice to have this visual display - so much red!! - accompanied by an aria from Verdi sung by a member of the C. O. C. (Canadian Opera Company) was certainly an inspired one, as the vibrant pulses of his melodies suit the squashing, pouring and mixing of the fruits which are shown.
The Italian culture, at least in Italy, has what is best described as a 'joie de vivre' in which they really enjoy life. I've been told by a child of immigrants of that background that it is almost impossible to export that feeling.
But cutting, slicing, dicing, and preparing tomatoes in the way that mamma used to do it back home is at least a creditable effort to do just this.
Well done.