Pilot studies had shown that what might seem an obvious fourth procedure, to tone down, rather than enhance feather colour, was too damaging to work.

ECONOMIST: Male birds cannot afford to relax their standards

After several hours of this, learning the difference between a four-day-old horse and a cow carcass - the colour, smell, and muscle tone - the kind lady who showed us round, led us to a warm room where we could remove our hair nets and overalls and take comfort in a bowl of vegetable soup.

BBC: Horsemeat scandal: Noble animal at centre of Romanian life

Freeze-frame, slow motion, colour filters and smoke give the film a distinctly undigital tone, viscous and personal, that focuses attention on the excellent performances of Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey and Fairuza Balk.

ECONOMIST: New talent, new techniques