Michael Moore’s next film to be released in October
Well… it looks like it’s that time again. Michael Moore has announced his upcoming film will be released in the States on October 2nd. Since virtually every news source is just quoting Moore’s own site and press release, I’ll link to the same:
Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore, who targeted the Bush administration in “Fahrenheit 9/11” and the healthcare industry in “Sicko,” is now focusing on the global economic meltdown.
The Oscar-winning director will release his as-yet-untitled documentary across North America on October 2, co-financiers Overture Films and Paramount Vantage said on Thursday.
“The wealthy, at some point, decided they didn’t have enough wealth,” the statement quoted Moore as saying.
“They wanted more—a lot more. So they systematically set about to fleece the American people out of their hard-earned money. Now, why would they do this? That is what I seek to discover in this movie.”
Overture said Moore was still working on the film, and was keeping plot details close to his vest in typical fashion.
So… anyone remember that this film was originally going to be a “sequel” of sorts to Fahrenheit 9/11 and that Moore shot hundreds of hours of footage about the War on Terror and our foreign relation blunders? Anyone else wondering how Moore’s going to work all that footage into his new piece on the economy? He said he would use all that footage… but how? And isn’t the promise to do so already letting us know that Moore went into this project with a point already in mind, with a fully-formed premise in place that all this footage would support? How is this journalism or a documentary? How is this anything but another scare-piece polemic that Moore has pre-constructed to fit a conclusion at which Moore has already arrived?
I like how Terra King of the Indie Film Examiner put it:
I’m sure Mr. Moore believes in the causes he has chosen to make documentaries about. I’m not saying he is anything but passionate. What I would like to see is a documentary on the fear Moore has caused as a result of some of his work.
Nicely put.
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"They wanted more—a lot more. So they systematically set about to fleece the American people out of their hard-earned money. Now, why would they do this? That is what I seek to discover in this movie.”
Well, at least we’re not going into this with preconceived notions that will influence the formation of the film’s material. :rolleyes:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/12/michael-moore-hijacks-movie-theaters-asks-customers-for-their-money/
Guess someone should post Moore news here.
Wow. Putting up signs inside the theater saying that by entering you were giving consent to be filmed and be in Moore’s movie.
And if you didn’t want to give consent? Too bad, enjoy being suckered out of the cost of a ticket?
And if you didn’t want to give consent? Too bad, enjoy being suckered out of the cost of a ticket?
Or just walk straight back out and ask for your money back - you do have consumer rights in the US don’t you?
That ‘trailer’ stunt was pretty funny. I mean, is there anyone here who DOESN’T agree that the bailouts of banks was a bad idea? I think it’s perhaps the one area of politics everyone agreed on (apart from the rich bankers - yes that is rhyming slang). ;)
I have seen the trailer for Michael Moore’s new movie. I agree the bailout of the banks was a bad idea. I have a sense that Moore is going to put all of the blame on George W Bush.
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The only press release I’ve seen that sucked the releaser’s own cock more than that was the one Jack Thompson did awhile back.