Industrial food processing video clip - from Samsara

While I’m not necessarily a fan of consuming the output of mass industrialized food production -- with certain contextual exceptions -- I nevertheless am always fascinated by the logistics and engineering processes that go into the design of these large-scale systems.

This lovely excerpt from the film Samsara displays food factory production with hypnotic grace. While the content may be mildly disturbing, the soundtrack, slow panning, and time-lapse-ing 'cool' the visuals down, abstracting the mechanical violence and allowing you to observe the flow of material. The director also worked on Koyaanisqatsi, incidentally.

SAMSARA food sequence from Baraka & Samsara on Vimeo.

Mm. Who feels like a Big Mac?

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