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Fake Fruit Factory

1986 American film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Summary

The film documents women making artificial fruits and vegetables in a small Mexican factory owned by a white American man. The footage mainly focuses on the color and movement involved in the process of manufacturing, and the conversations between the female workers, who mainly discuss men. Later in the film, the workers are shown driving to the beach, where they prepare lunch, relax, and continue to gossip. In the film's brief epilogue, it is revealed that the owner's Mexican wife later took over ownership of the factory after her husband ran off with a cocktail waitress.

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Legacy

Fake Fruit Factory was inducted into the United States National Film Registry in 2011 as a "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" film.[2][3][4]

Availability

Fake Fruit Factory appears on the DVD Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986.[5]

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