Best DIRECTOR? 6 of the last 60.

My comment was just a general observation. It does seem like the smaller target can be easier to focus on for a documentary allowing itself for great detail and a personal touch from the director and people involved. Like 'Man on Wire'.

Either way, the messages still resonate, as much for specific topics as for broad subjects.

Food Inc is a great documentary and it would shed *some* global light on the American food industry (that's it's focus,) and yes, everyone should see it. But the American Food industry is essentially a huge , vague behemoth with many cogs and wheels. It's hard to point the finger at one person or place.

The Taiji fisheries, the Japanese whaling commismsion is a much smaller target and easier to point out.

But I'm not advocating for one to be heard globally over the other, just sayin' that The Cove is probably going to win the Best Oscar doc no matter what.

I haven't seen either 'Food Inc' or 'The Cove' and would expect the message of 'Food Inc' to fall on deaf ears anyway as just another documentary critisizing business.

I'm sure 'The Cove' is powerful and exposes a disgusting practice making the issue very deservedly public (and probably closely related to the themes in 'Food Inc'). But it just seems like Food Inc would be a bigger cautionary tale so to speak and potentially just as explosive for society being conscious of their environment.