01 March 2009
Film"Fast Food Nation" Who are to blame?
The film was more like documentary than drama. The story is fiction but it should be based on the facts.
A hamburger store chain manager goes to the meat processing factories to know why the poisonous bacteria were detected on beef for hamburger. The search reveals the harsh reality of fast food chain business and severe conditions of the workers in the factories.
This is something I, myself could more un-USA. But the film was of course produced by Americans. One of the characters was played by a famous actor, Bruce Willis.
The people involved in the story represent the problems of America and the world. Illegal immigrants from Mexico who seek much higher income than their homeland and end up working in meat processing factory where working condition is very, very dangerous.
Farmers who are fighting against corrupt food industry, liberal students who learn stupid system of their country but don't know how to change it.
Well, it just didn't happen in the U.S. Food industry is in fact scary sector. Very profitable but at the same time very competitive and people involved are very greedy.
But the bottom line is this phenomenon was caused by consumers' greed. We are always seeking cheaper products and more convenient way of life.
Then what we see in the end is McDonalds everywhere, people eating cheap but very poisonous beef.
What if we are more knowledgeable and considerate, things might be better.
I've heard that in Europe, there is a movement called "Slow Food. Slow Life."
16:24 Posted in Film, Politics, USA issues | Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: health, economy
05 April 2008
"Sicko" Sick society, USA!
I rented a DVD of Micheal Moore's documentary film "Sicko."
The film described how terrible the U.S. medical system is. 50 million of Americans don't have health insurance. Even if you have one, the insurance company wouldn't pay for your treatment by making up technical problems.
Once you get a serious disease, you might bankrupt. Insurance companies and the government don't want to provide national health insurance like Canada, England and France. Of course, in my country Japan does. You government prioritizes money over human lives of the poor people. They say national health insurance is socialist idea that restricts individual freedom.
My opinion for the realities presented in the movie was that America is no longer role model for the world. Such scary society. Spending so much money on invasion of Iraq and other parts of the world, killing innocent civilians outside the country and leaving sick people die inside. Pathetic!
Well, I wouldn't say my country is best nor other country in Europe. But USA is trush. I know nice Americans personally but where they come from is sick land.
Recently I've been regretting that I tried to imitate as many things from USA as possible in the past. There are things I should learn from them but they have things I never want to learn from.
Overall, the country is arrogant, corrupt, and undemocratic society. Who wants to live?
21:50 Posted in Film, USA issues | Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: health, documentary