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...combination of individuals and better laws? Right. I think on one level we can do it individually by eating in season, going to farmers markets, buying local, buying organic, reading labels, buying less processed [foods]. But as Michael Pollan says, we need to create a fair and balanced playing field where the carrots are as cheap as the chips. I would say we have an élitist system where we're encouraging poor people to eat food that's just unacceptable by unfairly pricing...
...from China? Who makes it? What's in it? And as we start to get this information, it'll become easier and easier for consumers to start to make choices. In Food Inc., we're not telling people what they should eat. We're saying people should have the right to know what they eat. And they should know the consequences of what they eat. Cigarettes are now labeled: This is damaging to your health. This food is really no different. You cannot afford health care in this country and continue the same food system that we have. (See pictures...
...cannot bring himself to pull the trigger. The young bugler, legs broken beneath him, grabs a grenade from Hector’s belt, but allows Hector to flee the area before removing the pin. Lee plays on the dichotomy between the sufferer, deprived even of the right to die, and the voyeur, who is too infatuated with life to euthanize his victim...
...until last December, “Cop Out” was originally to be titled “A Couple of Dicks,” which would have been appropriate in its own right. The entire hour and a half movie represents the “dicking around” of Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in a pointless, time-wasting plot with their accompanying Z-list acting performances...
Although I hate to say it, bad movies have a right to exist. And even if some political documentaries have made spurious claims, the bad ones have yet to make much impact (with the exception of “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which was counterproductive and galvanized opposition). The problem is that these documentaries are assigned undue importance because they tap into the collective discomfort with distant social menaces, be they eco-unfriendly food production, global warming or (most perplexingly) the corporation. Even worse than the often-slanted presentation of information is the fact that these sensational pictures...