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Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-throughs, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary schools, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at K-Marts, Wal-Marts, gas stations, and even at hospital cafeterias. In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion.
Secondary plots deal with the exploitation of illegal immigrants from Mexico, the expectations of fast food restaurant employees and how they are treated, and the efforts of a small group of young anti-corporate activists to save the cattle from horrendous conditions. The film ends with a glory scene in which real cows are slaughtered.
Analysis. Eric Schlosser begins his account of the American fast food industry by focusing on one region of the United States in particular: Colorado’s “Front Range,” or a group of cities including Denver, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins, just east of the Rockies. Schlosser believes that this expanding, suburbanized region of the ...
Books. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Eric Schlosser. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 - Business & Economics - 356 pages. Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered ...
Mar 1, 2007 · Fast Food Nation is a thought-provoking and eye-opening film that tackles the complexities of the fast-food industry with unflinching honesty. Directed by Richard Linklater and adapted from Eric Schlosser's investigative book, the film weaves together multiple storylines to paint a comprehensive picture of the impact of fast food on individuals ...
Fast Food Nation. HD. This film based on the non-fiction expose dramatizes aspects of the fast-food industry and the various people connected with it. 495 IMDb 6.3 1 h 53 min 2006. X-Ray R. Drama · Romance · Cerebral · Compelling. Available to rent or buy.
