Michael Moore at The Cannes Film Festival
Posted on 05/18/2004 5:09:23 PM PDT by Eurotwit
It must have been a gruesome sight: the elite of the Cannes film festival applauding someone even more self-regarding than themselves. Michael Moore, portly archpriest of the anti-Bush cult, premiered his film Fahrenheit 9/11 at the festival this week. The American documentary-maker sent three undercover film crews to Iraq; they returned with footage - included in the film - claiming to show US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. If such abuse occurred, then it should be condemned. But no one should rush to judgment on the basis of allegations emanating from Mr Moore.
Many of the claims made in Bowling for Columbine, his Oscar-winning film about America's gun culture, have unravelled spectacularly under scrutiny. His target audience of 20-year-old slackers will not hear a word against him, but many American commentators - including Left-wing ones - are embarrassed by the crudity of his rhetoric, the unreliability of his "facts" and the gulf between his claim to represent blue-collar America and his personal lifestyle.
Mr Moore lives on New York's Upper West Side and travels in corporate jets with a rock-star entourage. Asked about this by the Los Angeles Times, he implied that only middle-class journalists were bothered by the contradiction - "the working class just thinks it's cool". This concern for the working classes is touching: it was on display again at Cannes, where Mr Moore took time out from gobbling canapés to address a local protest over benefit cuts. "I'm here to support workers in France, the United States and all around the world," he declared.
This folie de grandeur might be forgivable if Mr Moore were funny. And, to be fair, some people think he is. In a recent live show in London, he suggested that, if the September 11 hijack victims had been black, as opposed to pampered whites, they would have fought back and overcome their attackers. His right-on audience lapped this up. Relatives of those who died might not have laughed so heartily.
The simple truth about Michael Moore is that this self-righteous critic of corporate America is one of its most bloated beneficiaries. It is time someone made a film about him - and, we are pleased to report, someone is. Forget Fahrenheit 9/11: later this year, a young film-maker called Mike Wilson will unveil a documentary entitled Michael Moore Hates America, in which the self-proclaimed "slob in a baseball cap" will find his techniques turned on himself. Don't miss it.
read the last paragraph particularly! We will have to see this film.
Excellent.
Michael Moore at The Cannes Film Festival
Reserve me a seat to Wilson's film.
And another over here!
. . .indeed; and the question is . . .'where'?
I'd like to have Pfc. Lynddie England give Lumpy Riefenstahl a sarin enema.
A broken glass anti-moore film supporter here. I can hardly wait!
I already have an idea for Wilson's second film:
Islam: The Religion of Peace
Just not with his own money.
When my daughter was 5, she thought the word portly was pronounced "porkly."
Moore is porkliness personified.
I'm there!
I'd gladly tell him to his face.
I'd see that movie, too.
"a young film-maker called Mike Wilson will unveil a documentary entitled Michael Moore Hates America, in which the self-proclaimed "slob in a baseball cap" will find his techniques turned on himself. Don't miss it"
I'm so glad to hear this! Being that moviemaking is a hobby of mine, I often wish I had the means to fight back against all the garbage out there, and Moore is the king of the dump.
"All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
For more info on that film: http://www.michaelmoorehatesamerica.com/
The film will get very limited distribution at first, but if the theatres showing it are filled (by us) others will show it. That is the way Indie Films become hits.
Here is the movies website.
MichaelMooreHatesAmerica
When it shows up in your town, see it repeatedly, take friends.
So9
Thanks for the picture post of Michael Moore. I needed a good laugh.
But every time I see the news or read other forums or hear about people like this big, fat slob, I can sense that feeling bubbling up.
I feel this hate now in response to the unadulterated hate coming from the Democrats, liberals, Michael Moore, Hollywood and their dedicated followers.
I have never seen this country divided with so much hate before, and despite what the dems/left/liberals say - they are the ones that started it.
And yet they blame conservatives.
And it's like a huge snowball getting bigger and bigger against conservatives.
Sorry, I just had to let out my thoughts here in a safe place. I don't want to feel hate except against Muslim terrorists and people like Stalin or Hitler. But it's settling in me and I'm a bit frightened.
Michael 'Monsoon' Moore Alert!
fyi
Please note the photo closely: it proves Michael Moore has no balls, and a microscopic Johnson at best. . .(evil grin)
Oh, I'm sure it will turn up somewhere in the Metroplex. After all, this IS Texas! Most of US don't take kindly to some UberSocialist taking a swipe at OUR President!
I understand what you mean. I am a pretty mild mannered person, I have been all of my 60+ years. But when faced with a liberal & their garbage, I experience something akin to road rage & yes, it is frightening. A cool headed debater I am not. LOL
Michael Moore is one fat pig who has elbowed every other pig away from the trough. Wait a minute. He is a leftist, isn't he?
Here piggy piggy. There is plenty for all of us. Slurp, slurp.
"I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
Can you even imagine ANYONE on the left saying this, much less believing this?
That, my friends, does not bode well for the future of our republic.
Can't wait to see this film.
Slob Moore created his fame by showing up at places of business with a camerman and demanding to see the boss, NOW. He thought that his fat mug repeatedly asking a secretary or security man "why won't he talk to me?" was somehow damning and good journalism.
No, Mike, it's crap. Ambush tactics. Let's see how accessible you are to some startup filmaker with an agenda YOU don't care for.
That's such a hilarious picture!
That's such a hilarious picture!
. . .hope so; but just in case; we need to keep this on a 'watch'. . .
What an endeavor; putting Moore together for public viewing. Wish someone would do the same for 'alfrancken'; and for Ted - maybe the 'Kennedy Swim; Chappaquidick revisited' - might shut him up for awhile.
Oh, one more for sure; could we get a good look; with a box of popcorn; at Kerry ie; 'The Wonder Years'; his Four Months in Vietnam. . .'.
So many stories; so little time. . .
Zelig Moore? LOL!
Looks like he's got some big guns in the movie. Summer '04 is right around the corner--I can't wait!
I believe the modern version of this quote is:
"You may not agree with what I say, but I'll defend to your death my right to say it".
Michael Moore, as best I can tell, is a "functional schizophrenic". If you don't know what I'm referring to, check into it. You'll see what I mean.
Not bad for a guy who should be living under a bridge. You gotta love this country.
Best I can tell, JFKerry is a lying sociopath, trying to lead the sheeple...
http://home.datawest.net/esn-recovery/artcls/socio.htm
John Bachelor on 770 WABC New York just gave ten minutes with the New York Times film critic salivating about what damage the film will do to the Bush re-election campaign. Get ready.
We will have to make this filmmaker a rich man! Fair's fair!
Oh, yes! "Micheal Moore Hates America" sounds DEE-licious!
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