American History in a Food Fight

Food Fight by Stefan Nadelman is an abridged history of American-centric 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.



See also:

• Food Fights's web site
  
• Cast: who is who in the battle

A BREAKDOWN OF THE BATTLES

1. The World
   
2. WWII - Holocaust / French surrender / London Bombing / Pearl Harbor / Battle of Midway / D-day / fall of Berlin / Hiroshima
   
3. Arab-Israeli War
   
   
   • Brits leave Israel
     
   • Israel expands territory
   
   
4. Korean War
   
   
   • China and Russia back the North
     
   • The US back the South
   
   
5. Cuban Missile Crisis
   
6. Viet Nam
   
   
   • China and Russia back the North
     
   • The US back the South
   
   
7. Cold War
   
   
   • Arms race
   
   
8. Intifada
   
9. Gulf War
   
   
   • Iraq invades Kuwait
     
   • Scuds
     
   • Smart bomb
   
   
10. 9/11
    
11. Afghanistan
    
12. Gulf War II
    
    
    • Shock and awe
      
    • IED
    
    
13. Bug Food
    

Stefan Nadelman FAQs:

• The food in this film was consumed either by Stefan or his dog after shooting. None of the cast went to waste.
  
• The software used was photoshop and after effects.
  
• The film took me 3 months to do.
  
• Although it seems like stop motion, most of it was stop motion created within After effects, using keyframe animation. Stefan is basically moving the food around within the the program, frame by frame, which is the same as traditional stop motion, only it's digital.