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Eric Schlosser: Our Fast Food Nation's Whistle-Blower

Interviewed By Susan Gerhard
November 17, 2006

"The book Fast Food Nation - a richly reported and thickly described literary investigation into the bowels of your everyday burger - was initially an article in Rolling Stone before it became a bestseller, spawned a children's book, instigated a movement, and morphed into a movie by Richard Linklater. If it didn't feel so wrong, you could almost say that it has, by now, become franchised..." Eric Schlosser tells Susan Gerhard how he worked with Richard Linklater to turn his bestselling exposéem>Fast Food Nation into what Film Comment's Kent Jones calls an "unassuming film, one of the most politically astute to come out of this country in quite some time."

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Favorite Richard Linklater movie?
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New (and Coming Soon) on DVD: Feb. 27, 2007

Tenacious superstate Dylan, Terry Gilliam, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, and a doc on girls hoops highlight this week's new DVD releases. And don't forget a superb British miniseries that is as thrilling as it is topical. Plenty more to come, too, as you can see.

 

More: Interview with D.A. Pennebaker >>

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A girl hoop dreams? More >>

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The Heart of the Game
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D. A. Pennebaker: Looking Back?

" In the midst of a tribute presented by the Documentary Film Institute last year, Jonathan Marlow had the opportunity to speak with D.A. Pennebaker about his remarkable fifty-year career. Best known for his music films, such as Monterey Pop and Down from the Mountain, Pennebaker is also responsible for a number of exceptional political documentaries -- The War Room, as director, Al Franken: God Spoke, as producer..." Pennebaker's outstanding documentary Don't Look Back starring Bob Dylan has been re-released with some spectacular extras, including 20 hours of never before seen footage accompanied by a 168 page booklet. Don't miss this re-issue!

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Tideland: What to make of it?
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The Razzies: Worst of '06
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Film Guide: B-Movies
Story 02/26/2007 - 6:46pm
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Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Blog entry 02/21/2007 - 11:27am
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New on DVD: Feb. 20, 2007

Shut up Saints

This page is updated as we obtain more information regarding future releases, and as titles are added to rent (from request). Enjoy!

Last updated: February 20, 2007

 

The big releasing days in February keep coming with yet another one featuring a big Oscar movie, a movie about the Oscars, and many other high quality films that have nothing to do with the Oscars at all. Oh, and to top it off, one of our favorite films of last year comes out today - and it's one almost nobody in the U.S. has heard of or seen.

Read the new issue of the Dispatch newsletter for more links and reviews >>

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