Linklater Filming 'Fast Food Nation'
Several years ago I reviewed Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation for eBook.com. At the time, the Australian firm owning the eBook.com domain was publishing quite a bit of content covering the electronic publishing industry (if you follow the hyperlink today you'll see the organization has since adjusted its strategy and now leverages the site to promote its capable desktop publishing software).
I thought I knew what to expect when I picked up the book. Already a vegetarian, I suspected I was going to read how poorly livestock are treated, how many chemicals compose popular fast food entrees and the like.
But I'd learned, in the process of reviewing some 40-plus books for the site, to discard all preconceived notions before beginning a book. I approached each title fresh.
What I found in Fast Food Nation, though, was exactly what I suspected, and then some. I hadn't known one in eight Americans will work for McDonald's in some capacity, and neither did I know McDonald's is the world's largest toy distributor. I didn't know, either, that a few chemical companies in Jersey are responsible for most of the flavors you and I taste on any given day.
Now the director of Slacker, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset (the last two of which I highly recommend) is bringing Fast Food Nation to the big screen. Apparently Richard Linklater's crew began working the production under the title Coyote to better enable the group to gain access to fast food restaurants. Filming just began on Monday.
When it hits theaters, I recommend you check it out. Or, save the film in your Netflix queue, at the least. While you think you may know everything the storyline is going to cover, with Linklater at the helm and Schlosser's research powering the ship, it's sure to be an interesting voyage.
I thought I knew what to expect when I picked up the book. Already a vegetarian, I suspected I was going to read how poorly livestock are treated, how many chemicals compose popular fast food entrees and the like.
But I'd learned, in the process of reviewing some 40-plus books for the site, to discard all preconceived notions before beginning a book. I approached each title fresh.
What I found in Fast Food Nation, though, was exactly what I suspected, and then some. I hadn't known one in eight Americans will work for McDonald's in some capacity, and neither did I know McDonald's is the world's largest toy distributor. I didn't know, either, that a few chemical companies in Jersey are responsible for most of the flavors you and I taste on any given day.
Now the director of Slacker, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset (the last two of which I highly recommend) is bringing Fast Food Nation to the big screen. Apparently Richard Linklater's crew began working the production under the title Coyote to better enable the group to gain access to fast food restaurants. Filming just began on Monday.
When it hits theaters, I recommend you check it out. Or, save the film in your Netflix queue, at the least. While you think you may know everything the storyline is going to cover, with Linklater at the helm and Schlosser's research powering the ship, it's sure to be an interesting voyage.
posted by Erik Eckel at 8:48 PM
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