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The short film is about the story that an old, strong-willed and selfish woman changes her attitude after he has an unexpected lunch date. To be honest, I am not a big fan of this movie because I could not see much change in the main character herself and the roles of supporting characters throughout the story. I thought the growth of the woman is little: just her facial expression. Also, I was not sure of what impact a black man who asks people for money appeared near the ending has on the woman although she has no money. If she had money and gave it to the man, the impression of the movie would be totally changed. Then the audience can clearly recognize "she changes!!" On the other hand, I was impressed by the good tempo that the film creates. Especially, I like the lunch scene because it has a comedy aspect to make the audience giggle as well as the lead character's gradual development on her attitude. I would like to watch this short film again to find discovery the characters themselves and understand the content deeply.

This is an amazing must see short film by what I consider a brilliant screenwriter/director. I first viewed "The Lunch Date" while taking a cross cultural counseling class during my graduate program, and was simply amazed at the message that was conveyed in a matter of ten minutes. This is of course coming from a person who does not typically take the time to appreciate the true aesthetics of film making.

I love the way the story is told with minimal dialog between characters because it challenges first time viewers to decipher the plot and understand what message is being shared. The location setting, an underground subway station/shopping plaza provided me with a sense of nostalgia as I was raised in a city that had similar surroundings. The choppiness of the scenes and usage of black and white film also allowed me to appreciate the art of good film making. I had never really stopped to pinpoint what it takes to tell a story while being conscious of production techniques that assist the viewer to comprehend a message more effectively.

I would love to find this DVD Short for sale some where. If anyone is aware of where to find it, please direct me to a URL address. I work in the field of College Student Affairs, and would love to use this piece in one of my diversity training workshops.

I absolutely love this film. It really points out stereotypes that we all hold. I spent considerable time trying to locate a copy of this outstanding film. I finally found it on a DVD collection entitled Cinema 16: American Short Films. It has been well worth the search and the cost. I use it in my classroom to prompt discussions about stereotypes. I have my students watch it first from the point of view of the main character, the woman who has missed her train. I have them record their thoughts and perceptions from her point of view. I stop the film as she leaves the diner to catch her train. This is when I have my students share their thoughts. I then have them finish watching the story. Are they ever surprised! After this, I have them watch it from the perspective of the man eating the salad. After sharing their thoughts from his point of view, we discuss stereotypes. My students really enjoy this outstanding short story. The message contained in this short film is incredible.

This 10 minute short is nearly perfect film-making. It should be mandatory viewing in film classes everywhere.

"The Lunch Date" tells a complete and complex story, makes you feel keenly for the two central characters, has complications, twists, reversals and a wonderful resolution. It never strays from context and reality and is utterly accessible.

And it's all done with virtually no dialog.

I would love to be able to own and look at this film from time to time when I'm trying to convince myself -- against all available evidence -- that really GOOD movies can be made small and simply.

I hope that "The Lunch Date" will be made available in either DVD or video cassette very soon.

Larry Santoro Larry@LarrySantoro.com

This film is one of the deepest movies I've seen. In this short movie characters are black people and a white woman. I think this movie shows that prejudice is not good and wrong. Because in this film there are many people who wait for pedestrians to get money, play the harmonica happily and help someone. But, The Lunch Date is made easily and comfortably. It is good point that all characters are not hurt by prejudice and this ending is happy, so people who watch it may feel refreshed. Also I think this tells experience may change thoughts and feelings. I recommend this short film for students, because it gives a chance to think about the world.

This film depicts pleasantly signs that the old rich woman who dressed up changes. The misapprehension that the black person ate the salad which she bought by herself at the restaurant abolished the prejudice to the black person that she has. She was looking at the black person with the doubtful eye at the train station. However, I think she is not a racist. This is because she sat at the same table with a black person and was eating the same salad with him. Although she stole the salad, the tenderness of the black person who brought coffee for her moved her heart. And this picture just seems to be a couple's lunch date. I think this film is very humorous. Although you could think that this woman avoided relation with a black person until now, but she changes through this interesting misapprehension. This film shows that negative stereotype can change easily.

I felt a strange attraction to this movie.The main character is a woman who is in a hurry to get a train.She is very upset and she does not mind when she attacks other passenger.She looks like a rich lady but she does not look like she enjoys her life at first.When she gets on a train,she finds a black man who eats her salad while she leaves her seat.First, she has prejudice against this man but her feeling changes.From their action and expression of the face, we read their change in their hearts.Thanks to this movie,I noticed how great to eat with other person is and I learned that we can communicate with each other without words.

I think that this film expresses the situation and relationship between Whites and Blacks. Frankly speaking, Blacks are described as shabby or ill-natured in this film. On the other hand, White lady is described as the elegant. White lady seems to look down upon blacks, so she doesn't thanks for his kindness. And this movie have a scene that make audiences misunderstand that blacks is bad. However the impression is overturned in the end, so audience ma be turned the table at the last moment. If anything, first impression is changed. On the whole, we can understand the contents of story but I think we overlook the close point because of camera work. It lead us to misunderstand, too. For myself, I don't like this contents because it's like the just ification of the white but I like the tempo of this story.

An old white lady, who has a lot of bags, harries to take a train in a station. But she bumps into a man, and she drops her bags to miss the train. Then she have lunch there. She buys her lunch and sits a seat. She realizes that there are no fork and stands up to take it. When she returns the seat, there is a black man. He has lunch, and she claims this is her lunch. But he continues to eat, and she also has it. The man buys two cups of tea. She drinks it a little and leaves there to take a train. Later she comes back there to forget a part of her bags.

After watching this short film, we realize that we have prejudices about a race. We tend to think color people are inferior to white people or low social ladder. Also the lady looks unhappy in this film, because she is driven by time. But she laughs in the end of this film. This is useful to stress the climax of it.

The Lunch Date

Made in 1989.

A woman enters a restaurant of the station for waiting next train. The funny story happens in the restaurant. She orders a salad and put it her seat. And she notices forget bringing a fork. However when she get back to her seat, a man eats her salad. What will she do next? And what is the funny scene?

I think it is so good film. That is because you will be able to feel various feelings through his film. And it is also important to understand last scene. Is it difficult? If you want to know, please watch it.

Adam Davidson's Academy Award-winning short is about a rich woman who misses a train and then has an awkward experience in an eatery. "The Lunch Date" isn't anything profound yet manages to be thought-provoking. It forces you to ask what you would do in this situation. Don't expect the short to result in a life-changing experience. As far as I can tell, it's about making you confront your privilege and prejudices.

Worth seeing.

The lunch date is a wonderful comedy film.

In this film, the actress who plays the main character expresses character's feelings very well according to some situations.

Furthermore music in this film matches scenes well.

It is very good.

There are scenes in which I was excited because I didn't know how the story moves on.

However, at the last scene I could know the whole story.There was an unexpected ending. The ending made me feel happy.

I think that this is a great comedy film.

This film consists of racial discrimination, difference between richness and poverty and genuine happiness. A woman, who is white, misses a train because it takes time after she bumps into a man and gathers all of her scattered possessions. She is depressed and goes to a lunchroom in the station. She gets salad and tries to eat it, but she realizes that she forgets to bring a fork. Therefore she leaves her seat to get a fork and returns there to find a man, who is black, eating the salad. She is angry with him and tries to get it back, but he won't stop eating it. She gives up and eats the salad with him. When they finish it, things will start.

At first, I thought this film was a ind of tragedy because the woman is so unfortunate that a lot of troubles happens around her. However, in the middle of this film, it made a different impression on me. It is a rather heart-warming film. When you watch the ending, you might realize that my words make sense.

In addition to this, this film shows several problems, such as racial discrimination and poverty. In the station, there are a lot of people including both whites and blacks. Most whites are well-off compared with blacks. In the situation, the white woman and the black man eat one salad together. It is profound and had me think about the problems.

Today when a lot of things are very confusing, happiness is invisible. Therefore most of us hardly ever notice it. We should have breaks and watch around. This film taught me such a thing.

One old woman is in the station. She is going to take the train. However, she collides with a man. Furthermore, her luggage is scattered. The time for the train approaches. So she gathers her belongings in a hurry. She hurries to a platform of a rail way station so as not to miss the train nevertheless she can't catch the train. While she waits for next train, she intends to eat lunch. She orders vegetable salad and chooses a seat. She forgets to get a fork. When she returns to her seat with a fork, a strange man sits down on the seat and eats her salad. She is very surprised and displeases. She makes a terrible mistake at this time.

This story teaches me two important things. First, we should act with time to spare. In this story, she collides with a man and misses the train. If she has enough time, she can take the train. Second, keeping calm is essential in all things. I think she feels impatient with missing the train when she goes to get a fork. So she makes a terrible mistake. If she kept calm, she didn't fail.

Conclusion, we fail and get depressed sometimes. However, if we fail, we can be taught from the mistake and develop ourselves.

I cannot say this film is a good one, but I have seen this situation for some time personally. I do not like those who see only someone's appearance, and take her/him from appearance. I think this kind of people always think they are right and do not listen to what others say. This is a little bit offensive, and actually I had an unpleasant feeling to her. However I like the scene that the lady laughs out. Before that scene, the lady never has a pleasant face. I think we can realize her change from beginning by this scene. Because this film is taken from the lady's point of view, this film makes the viewer think that the black man is mean and wrong. I think this film is successful in showing from the view of main character.