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Going back, I've been fascinated with immigration films since I watched Jim Sheridan's In America (2003) it's a about an Irish immigrant family trying to survive the ghetto living in New York same as this film who got an Academy Award for Best Picture; Brooklyn starring the ever darling Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones)
Since then, I craved for immigration-themed films and yesterday I found this quite unpopular film Fast Food Nation (2006) directed by Richard Linklater, director of Boyhood and Before Sunrise sequels.
The film is about the dark side of America's dark side on its growing fast food industry. It showcases different perspectives of characters who works in the same company coming from the corporate person (played by Greg Kinear, Little Miss Sunshine), to the fast food servers, down to the factory workers. It also revolves around the misfortunate lives of Mexican 'borders' in Estados Unidos.
It reminded me of this 2004 Morgan Spurlock's documentary film Supersize Me, in which weeks after its release Mcdonald's corporation turned down their 'Supersize' meal to the public.
Films like these really awakens many people in the reality that's been polished for many years. It's such a courage act to published a film just like that, sadly it isn't popular just like nowadays entertainment movies.
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