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A Film/Food Review
Food Inc.: A Hearty Buffet
Forget about buying popcorn before you see this film. Or at least hold the butter. The documentary Food Inc. sets out to feed viewers the truth about the food industry and you might find some of the footage hard to digest.
Cows struggling on a conveyor belt. Chickens screaming and spewing blood after their necks are slit. Children dying from E. coli in a hamburger. The graphic shots in this film are stomach-churning. But they are necessary.
Food Inc., directed by Robert Kenner, confronts viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at farming practices, or rather, the mass production of meat using heavy machinery. Authors Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan, of “Fast Food Nation” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” respectively, narrate this tour into the inner workings of our food industry. Using interviews with such food experts and also with consumers, farm owners, and owners of socially responsible companies, like Stonyfield Farms, the documentary brings the texts of the aforementioned books to life.
Corn in Coca-Cola? “This Land is Your Land”? Children dying? Click to read more.
Guess Who’s Coming to Town? Hollywood!
Published: Boston Herald June 9, 2009
Today marks the premiere of a new Hollywood relationship that will likely outlast most celebrity duos: Cambridge-based software developer GenArts is hooking up with “Star Wars” creator Lucasfilm.
Although GenArts has provided tools for artists to create scenes in Lucasfilm productions since 1997 – when they collaborated on “Titanic” – today’s announcement means Lucasfilm is now “more than just a customer, we’re a partner,” said Richard Kerris, Lucasfilm’s chief technology officer.
GenArts has earned its “reputation as an innovative technology provider as well as an industry thought leader,” said Katherine Hays, GenArts chief executive. “We’re pleased that Lucasfilm has affirmed that distinction by selecting GenArts software to be a standard component of their compositing.”
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