Food Fight! The History of War in Food
This ambitious animated short uses ethnic foodstuffs to re-enact the history of armed conflict since the Second World War. For example, the chapter on the Cold War shows a Big Mac rattling sabres with a pile of Beef Stroganoff and then skulking off-screen defeatedly.
From the film’s official site:
Food Fight is an abridged history of war, from World War II to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Watch as traditional comestibles slug it out for world domination in this chronologically re-enacted smorgasbord of aggression.
One YouTube reviewer raved:
“Absolutely amazing video for lovers of food and global conflict.”
via Art Threat
UPDATE: I’ve replaced the YouTube clip with the yesterday’s episode of BoingBoing.tv, which features an annotated, higher quality version of the film.
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