Meat

1976•1h 52m•

★8.0(7 ratings)

DocumentaryDrama

Overview

MEAT traces the process through which cattle and sheep become consumer goods. It depicts the processing and transportation of meat products by a highly automated packing plant, illustrating important points and problems in the area of production, transportation, logistics, equipment design, time-motion study, and labor management.

Director

Frederick Wiseman

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Direction

Director: Frederick Wiseman

Production

Producer: Frederick Wiseman

Cinematography

Director of Photography: William Brayne
Assistant Camera: Oliver Kool

Editing

Assistant Editor: Oliver Kool
Editor: Frederick Wiseman

Keywords

plant foodobservational cinemameat marketobservational documentaryfood manufacturing plantmeat industryprocessing plant

Meat

1976•1h 52m•

★8.0(7 ratings)

DocumentaryDrama

Overview

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Watchlist

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Frederick Wiseman

Production

Producer: Frederick Wiseman

Cinematography

Director of Photography: William Brayne
Assistant Camera: Oliver Kool

Editing

Assistant Editor: Oliver Kool
Editor: Frederick Wiseman

Keywords

plant foodobservational cinemameat marketobservational documentaryfood manufacturing plantmeat industryprocessing plant

Did You Know?

The runtime is 112 minutes (1h 52m).

The film was directed by Frederick Wiseman.

Cinematography was handled by William Brayne.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0074886.

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Movie Information

Original Title:

Meat

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

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Meat

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Meat

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Direction

Production

Cinematography

Editing

Keywords

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