We Feed the World (2005) poster
2005 · documentary · political

We Feed the World

Directed by Erwin Wagenhofer1h 36m2005
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  • sombre
  • measured
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, measured, measured documentary / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, focusing on fishing, livestock and crop farming. A must-see for anyone interested in the true cost of the food on their plate.

Our read · We Feed the World (2005) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded documentary · political entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a powerful documentary revealing the hidden costs of modern food production.

ends unsettlingit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 5attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upanimal harm

Skip it tonightYou prefer not to think about where your food comes from or find docs dry.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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