Update to the “Soundtrack to War” story
In direct contradiction to earlier reports, the filmmaker who created “Soundtrack to War” is now saying that his statements about the film were taken out of context and are false. This is from an e-mail sent to me by the producer, in response to the one I sent to them asking for more info on the footage:
The clips from 17 of Gittoes’ scenes were licensed by Michael Moore’s production company, and credited to Soundtrack to War. There is no contention between the filmmakers concerning this matter.
You want *my* personal theory with absolutely no proof at all to back me up?
Gittoes is a liberal, anti-war artist. He took offense to the way Moore used his footage and said so. What he didn’t count on was all his artist friends yelling at him for criticizing their champion, SpongeMike Sweatpants. So he blamed the paper for taking it out of context. Furthermore, I suspect the footage was not licensed properly until after the fact, but obviously I would have no way of knowing that. Just a suspicion.
Their tone is interesting...every time I’ve ever received a notice to correct a story, even from people that are on the opposite side of an issue, they’ve been polite. This is what the Gittoes people said at the end:
Unless the recent report on Gittoes/Moore is immediately removed, or appropriately adjusted to make it clear there is no contention between the filmmakers, given you have now had these statements, directly from George Gittoes, your site’s credibility is highly questionable.
Ooohh...my credibility would be called into question by someone who doubletalks the press and backs away when the heat comes down. I’m so scared.
Well, here you go Ms. Gabrielle Dalton, here’s your correction. George Gittoes has no beef whatsoever with Michael Moore as of today. Let the record show that Gittoes’ liberal cool factor is still intact. George Gittoes can still show his face in meetings with the Weinsteins.
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