Our Daily Bread

Feels like some surreal, Weberian nightmare of rationality run amok or, with its unflinching and static takes, some dystopian satire in which ruthless efficiency supercedes any other possible value. It's a chilling rebuke to the pastoral myth -- what Food Inc. would look like if Food Inc. had any inkling toward the cinematic.

The images speak volumes about how cold and impersonal the food production process is. Machines for specific animal-rendering jobs, people performing repetitive tasks, massive facilities. The cinematography is superb, with framing that is Kubrickian in its scale, depth and symmetry. The film is hypnotic and meditative, giving the viewer room to form his own opinions, to wander down different avenues of thought regarding how we produce and consume food. But any conclusions you draw are your own.

Very interesting perspectives without any direct judgement by the filmmakers. However, it clearly shows us that we have lost connection to what we eat today, we just buy it in supermarkets and don't know anything about its production process. Dehumanisation and denaturalisation are the key words for this movie. Very recommendable.

Beautifully shot, and a insightful look at how our food is treated.

Depressing, disgusting, infuriating. To see how we, humans, have completely alienated ourselves from slaughtering and treating animals, cultivating crops and fertilization. Just really disgusting.. I hate myself as a human

I've been watching a lot of docs from the last decade, and I think this one is a will be the last for a while. It is humanistic and mesmerizing, breaking the monotony of food being processed with workers eating and commuting. As the viewer, you get the sense that it is building to a particular sequence at the end - "Will they dare show it?" - Spoiler: unflinchingly.

Food as yet another mechanized commodity.

A mesmerizing look at high production agriculture and how we manage to feed seven billion people. This is probably the most objective a documentary can be while still being this effective. We've successfully removed any sort of life intrinsic value to our food that we eat and we've managed to become this sort of infection to the natural world around us. But above all, this movie made me really, really hungry.

Seems to liken the docility of the livestock to the behaviour of the workers, to celebrate the labour-saving machinery and lament how uninteresting it is to use.

This movie is pure Art.A mind blowing experience. Do not expect a lot of talking or acting because it is a documentary. You can expect a great camera, photography , design, and aesthetic pictures. Also it will make you think about your habits to consume food and where to buy it.

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"The Benny's Video of documentary films, Our Daily Bread's only point is to have none." - Ed Gonzalez

Beautifully poetic, thoroughly thought provoking, infinitely depressing.

An interesting, objective take on industrial food production in Western society. The directors do a great job taking an objective viewpoint on the cultivation on fruit, vegetables, and animals. Cinematography is excellent, with no shot shorter than 20 seconds, which allows you to make the decision. If you ever wondered how that pepper or roast chicken arrived at your supermarket, this film is for you.