A curiously pointless documentary featuring hard-to-follow English spoken with thick, New Zealand accents, the documentary Meat will leave many viewers struggling to understand much of what is being said by various animal farmers, a freeze worker (someone who freezes meat), and a hunter. Each explain what they do and why they do it, and they come across as hardworking folk behind the scenes of an industry that many take for granted (although the hunter seems a little weird, even as he makes a valid point that carnivores should know that their food comes from nature and that slaughter isn't pretty). Filmmaker David White sets out to display what happens on the largely invisible end of meat production, but his determined neutrality on moral and ethical questions—while certainly defensible—makes Meat a somewhat rudderless documentary (with some rather grisly scenes). Extras include audio commentary by White and cinematographer/editor Paul Wedel. Optional. Aud: C, P. (T. Keogh)
Meat
(2017) 75 min. DVD: $24.98, Blu-ray: $29.98. MPI Home Video (avail. from most distributors). Volume 33, Issue 1
Meat
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