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Fake Fruit Factory

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Fake Fruit Factory is a 1986 experimental documentary film by Chick Strand.[1]

Summary

The film documents young women making artificial fruits and vegetables in a small factory in Mexico with a gringo boss and his Mexican wife (latter owning the factory). The main focuses are the color, music and movement involved and the constant gossip about what the women think of men.

Legacy

It was selected to the United States National Film Registry in 2011 as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]

Availability

Appeared on the DVD Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Fake Fruit Factory (1986)". National Film Preservation Foundation. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ Morgan, David. ""Fake Fruit Factory" (1986)-National Film Registry 2011". CBS News. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ Sicinski, Michael (2010). "Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film 1947-1986 (Web Exclusive)". Cineaste Magazine. Vol. XXXVI, no. 1. Retrieved 28 June 2019.