Could You Eat Just A Little Bit of Shit
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A slyly subversive student film from the mid 1970s exploring the pitfalls of American consumer culture through the framework of a stoner comedy.; The film was made when Benoit was a student at the University of Iowa in 1975.
Credits
James Benoit (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: James Benoit Collection
Notes: The film begins with a close-up of a young man munching loudly on chips and other types of junk food. This is followed by shots of canned goods in the grocery aisle, and a sequence on the joys of making a spam sandwich. This is intercut with scenes of students smoking marijuana, then eating copious amounts of junk food from the vending machines. There are shots of a Pizza Hut, King's Food Host, and a few other fast food establishments strewn throughout - presumably - Iowa, where the film was ostensibly made.
Subjects: Political satire; Consumer goods; Consumers
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 275 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16282
Notes: The film begins with a close-up of a young man munching loudly on chips and other types of junk food. This is followed by shots of canned goods in the grocery aisle, and a sequence on the joys of making a spam sandwich. This is intercut with scenes of students smoking marijuana, then eating copious amounts of junk food from the vending machines. There are shots of a Pizza Hut, King's Food Host, and a few other fast food establishments strewn throughout - presumably - Iowa, where the film was ostensibly made.
Subjects: Political satire; Consumer goods; Consumers
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Cfa elements: Distribution Print, 275 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16282
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:24:57