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One of the year's [10] best! A Must-see! Its formal elegance, moral underpinning and intellectually stimulating point of view make it essential. Mr. Geyrhalter wants us not only to look at the world we have made with care and consideration, but also contemplate a reality newly visible that is all too easy to ignore and just as impossible to look away from. --Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
An eye-opener! --Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
The 2001: A Space Odyssey of modern food production. --Stuart Klawans, The Nation
An eye-opener! --Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
The 2001: A Space Odyssey of modern food production. --Stuart Klawans, The Nation
Product Description
Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming. To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks without commenting in the places where food is produced: monumental spaces, surreal landscapes and bizarre sounds a cool, industrial environment which leaves little space for individualism. People, animals, crops and machines play a supporting role in the logistics of this system which provides our society s standard of living. OUR DAILY BREAD is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn't always easy to digest and in which we all take part. A pure, meticulous and high-end film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By Robin Benson
Format:DVD
I found this a highly unusual and visually fascinating documentary about primary food production, both animal and vegetable. The lack of any sort of commentary initially annoyed me because so much of what is shown raises the question: what's going on here but after a while I found I was settling down to the rhythm of the editing. The way director Geyrhalter places the camera and then just lets it roll will grow on you. Even where there is some fast machinery the shot is invariably a static one of the equipment.
The documentary looks at fruit and vegetable production and collection, animal husbandry of chickens, cows, pigs and nicely I thought, fish farming plus a visit to a salt mine. The most eye opening thing to me was the amount of mechanization involved in food production though it seemed that the equipment had been designed to work most efficiently when the fruit, animals or fish were standard sizes. Despite the huge investment in equipment on these European farms (or plants) it was still cost effective to employ shift-workers.
There are some quirky scenes: several of workers having a break, eating or having a cigarette (these were just long static shots looking at the person); spraying everything in a slaughter house with some sort of foam (a detergent maybe) digging small holes in mounts on a field and either planting or collecting something. I would have thought an occasional black strip across the bottom of the screen with a white caption would not have hurt the integrity of the movie and helped the viewer.
Despite what others might say I found nothing shocking in the movie. This usually refers to animal slaughter but it is done in a simple straightforward way with machinery doing most of the work and rather intriguingly everything shown involving animals is done at a reasonable speed in these factories.
The movie concentrates on primary food production and not the industrial creation of processed food...maybe that's Geyrhalter's next assignment. Overall a very impressive and visually remarkable look at the subject and one of those documentaries that is certainly worth seeing more than once.
The documentary looks at fruit and vegetable production and collection, animal husbandry of chickens, cows, pigs and nicely I thought, fish farming plus a visit to a salt mine. The most eye opening thing to me was the amount of mechanization involved in food production though it seemed that the equipment had been designed to work most efficiently when the fruit, animals or fish were standard sizes. Despite the huge investment in equipment on these European farms (or plants) it was still cost effective to employ shift-workers.
There are some quirky scenes: several of workers having a break, eating or having a cigarette (these were just long static shots looking at the person); spraying everything in a slaughter house with some sort of foam (a detergent maybe) digging small holes in mounts on a field and either planting or collecting something. I would have thought an occasional black strip across the bottom of the screen with a white caption would not have hurt the integrity of the movie and helped the viewer.
Despite what others might say I found nothing shocking in the movie. This usually refers to animal slaughter but it is done in a simple straightforward way with machinery doing most of the work and rather intriguingly everything shown involving animals is done at a reasonable speed in these factories.
The movie concentrates on primary food production and not the industrial creation of processed food...maybe that's Geyrhalter's next assignment. Overall a very impressive and visually remarkable look at the subject and one of those documentaries that is certainly worth seeing more than once.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
By J. Kim
Format:DVD
Just like the previous review, I am shocked to find that there is only one review for this incredible film. The fact that there is no voice over makes this film that much more powerful. One of the most significant films I watched this year. Watch this film- it will be 1.5hrs you spent meaningfully. It opened my eyes. I am deeply grateful to the filmmakers.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was shocked when I looked up this movie and didn't see any reviews. I saw this last year and was just mesmerized as I watched it. In many places, it is silent and yet the images it creates are powerful and perplexing. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone, it makes a great companion to Schlosser's Fast Food Nation or SuperSize Me.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mind-blowing
This is a very unique view of the state of our modern food supply. Eye-opening while being contemplative and artistic. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mermama
1.0 out of 5 stars
This Seller...
Everything was fine with this purchase...until I wanted to return it. It was a gift and the recipient didn't want it. So, I notified Amazon and they notified the seller...twice. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jackzap7
5.0 out of 5 stars
TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE GROCERY STORE
As you take that walk through the grocery store, see if you can imagine what each of these food items went through in order to be on the selves and in the coolers and freezers. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Karen Bueno
5.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful
An incredibly powerful movie. Who would have thought that a 90-minute movie with no dialogue or commentary would go by so quickly? Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ute
5.0 out of 5 stars
The efficiency is mind-boggling and stomach-turning
I noticed that some of the reviewers of this documentary film lauded the humane and mercifully quick way the cows, pigs, and chickens were killed. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Dennis Littrell
2.0 out of 5 stars
Was OK but not worth buying the DVD
What a disappointment. From reading other reviews I thought this was going to be a much better picture of how foods are processed. Read more
Published on February 17, 2011 by Right Stuff
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Koyaanisqatsi of industrial food production - life changing
There are no human characters with names.
All the humans are like the meat they butcher mindlessly in the factories and the plants they spray pesticides on: born only to... Read more
All the humans are like the meat they butcher mindlessly in the factories and the plants they spray pesticides on: born only to... Read more
Published on February 15, 2011 by Beatrice Izzey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best cinematography ever
A magnificent documentary with spectacular imagery. Each image is more beautiful than the other, and they are composed so carefully, so artistically, that one thinks of... Read more
Published on December 23, 2010 by Doreen Appleton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome To The Real World
Out of what any one can imagine,after this film you will see many things in different way,even words cant describe it,you just have to see it your self.
Published on November 23, 2010 by Mohamed Ericha
4.0 out of 5 stars
Our Daily Bread...Efficient or Heartless?
Our Daily Bread, directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, is a highly informational and unique documentary about food production in Europe. Read more
Published on November 16, 2010 by Pamela L. Smith
