'Super Size Me' DVD includes interview
By LARRY WILLIAMS
HARTFORD COURANT
Now that commercially successful films are eligible, it's hard to imagine the documentary Oscar not going to "Super Size Me," the brilliant, bruising assault on fast food. The main villain is McDonald's, where filmmaker Morgan Spurlock eats three times a day for 30 days. He goes from being a healthy 185 pounds with 11 percent body fat and low cholesterol and blood pressure to a genuinely sick man in just two weeks.
After three weeks, his doctors warn that his liver could shut down. Amid his tale of declining health, Spurlock digs out the broader story of rising obesity and poor nutrition, spreading the blame to school lunch programs, food industry lobbyists, Congress and fat people themselves. It's a disturbing, but hugely entertaining, story. The DVD, which comes out next week, also has an excellent 25-minute interview with Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation," a book everyone should read.
"Super Size Me" is rated PG-13 for profanity.