Fast Food Nation - DVD

[Richard]

This is not a happy go lucky movie. There is no happy ending, just the final reality of our civilization and the industrial machines of people and products we depend on for the lowest prices we are bound to support.

The movies central character is not a person but a corporation in the fast food business, Mickeys, a hamburger chain competing in the free market. There are a number of stories that revolve around Mickeys. The illegal Mexican immigrant coming to America to obtain a better life doing what ever jobs they can and those who take advantage of their status. The beef processing plant that does what it has to do to provide all those Mickeys beef patties at a competitive market price. Mickeys corporate top making the decisions they have to make to survive. The neo-luddite college students who don