Milk or other drinks used in film.

[zorbonaut]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDt...ature=youtu.be

This past week, "Now you see me" had an interesting topic about how Milk was used in film. It's not something that I've ever thought about but I found it fascinating. He touches on the innocence of milk along with the childlike feeling of milk. Obviously, the first film that came to mind for me was A Clockwork Orange which he touches on in this essay. I also flashed back to the last scene in There Will Be Blood, in which a milkshake represented something other than youth.

How often is milk used intentionally to represent the idea of innocence or youth?

Have you seen other films that use milk or other drinks as symbolism?

[CinemaBlu]

The Aviator's use of milk as a motif throughout the film comes to mind.

[Buscemi]

Not film, but the series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (based on the Nero Wolfe books) has the whole character trait of Archie (the show's narrator and sidekick of Wolfe) always drinking milk. I get the idea this is to represent Archie as the audience surrogate and normal American man of the era.

[dgoswald]

Inglorious Basterds? The lingering shot of the Bantha milk at the beginning of Rogue One (or is that just one for the fans)?

[travis334]

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[Mahatma]

I think the milk in a Clockwork orange was spiked...

[BladeRunner2007]

Léon: The Professional

[imsounoriginal]

[Hedji]

ALIEN, when Ash spits it out.

[mrrant_33]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

[Rodney-2187]

Why do executives drink scotch in their offices? Do cufflinks make you drink?

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by zorbonaut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDt...ature=youtu.be


This past week, "Now you see me" had an interesting topic about how Milk was used in film. It's not something that I've ever thought about but I found it fascinating. He touches on the innocence of milk along with the childlike feeling of milk. Obviously, the first film that came to mind for me was A Clockwork Orange which he touches on in this essay. I also flashed back to the last scene in There Will Be Blood, in which a milkshake represented something other than youth.

How often is milk used intentionally to represent the idea of innocence or youth?

Have you seen other films that use milk or other drinks as symbolism?

Clockwork Orange used milk plus.

...that was a very special type of milk.

[lesco]

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by rodneyfaile

Why do executives drink scotch in their offices? Do cufflinks make you drink?

They drink scotch because they can afford to get only the best.

[Dubstar]

i dont recall the milk drinking scenes in "My Life as a Dog" to be symbolic, but they added a quirk to the central character

[Zillamon51]

The use of milk could also just be a visual thing. It's distinctive and immediately recognizable. That's the reasoning Roger Ebert gave for Chinese take-out, in its iconic little boxes, being the background food-of-choice in many movies.

Let's not forget the movie version of Breakfast of Champions. That's when a character shows how badass they are by starting off their day with assorted leftovers pureed in a blender. (See Lone Wolf McQuade and End of Days.)

[Colorado Rockie]

In Speed Racer, he drinks milk after he wins the race. Just like in Nascar.

[UltraMario9]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

i dont recall the milk drinking scenes in "My Life as a Dog" to be symbolic, but they added a quirk to the central character

I always thought it was because most dogs are lactose intolerant.

[Midnight Rambler]

Originally Posted by Colorado Rockie

In Speed Racer, he drinks milk after he wins the race. Just like in Nascar.

Oh, the travesty ...

1. The driver drinks milk after winning the Indianapolis 500, which is NOT a CRAPCAR (aka NASCAR) "race".

2. CRAPCAR isn't even racing ...

[Member-320773]

And of course SUSPICION (1941) directed by Alfred Hitchkock.