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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- The Trotskyites have obliterated the analytical backdrop of political discourse. Right wing marxists argue with left wingers who promote traditionally conservative values while the left wing gatekeepers determine the parameters of political dissent. Amy Goodman, Michael Moore and Tim Robbins play pat-a-cake while the deification of Noam Chomsky continues unabated. The juicy thing is that the real truth behind what has been done by our wonderful leaders has been pushed into the same fetid backwater as UFO reports, crop circles and sightings of the Loch Ness monster.Ah! the stench of civilization decaying - it gets the buzzards twitchy - so much to feed on; so little time! --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "Jean-Luc Godard's Notre Musique is a marvel of > lucidity and wit (it conceives of heaven as being > guarded by U.S. Marines)" > > PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SOME MOORE > John Powers, LA Weekly Could Fahrenheit > 9/11's big win at the Cannes Film Festival > and dubious distribution controversy actually > help re-elect Bush? > http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=188 > 27 > > exerpt: > > "Fahrenheit 9/11 was clearly not the best movie at > the 57th Cannes Film Festival. But it was undeniably > the defining film of the historical moment. And so, in > a festival that will be remembered for its good humor > and modest pleasures, Michael Moore's cauldron of > Bush-scalding agitprop enjoyed a visibility as > oversized as the director himself. Before it had been > publicly screened, his movie had already become the > world's most famous documentary...... > > "Moore is a master of feeding foreigners' anti- > American fantasies. At Cannes, I kept meeting > people who actually think that Moore is treated like > an outlaw in the U.S. � "Can you get his books?" one > woman asked me, blissfully oblivious that Moore's > face has become inescapable here. Naturally, he > played up Disney's refusal to let Miramax distribute > the film, and the Europeans � who think we don't > know about them � ate it up, actually believing that > his movie might not get exhibited in the U.S. "Why > doesn't the film have a distributor?" they'd demand, > and be shocked when my fellow critics told them the > truth: The real stumbling block isn't censorship but > moola. Keenly aware that Fahrenheit 9/11 is going to > make a fortune, Miramax and Moore were simply > doing what any CEO president like George W. Bush > would encourage them to do: holding out for the best > possible deal. > > Having pilloried Bowling for Columbine for its cheap > shots and tireless self-promotion, I found Fahrenheit > 9/11 surprisingly disciplined in its purpose: to defeat > Bush in this fall's election. Although still too baggy, > this is not your usual Michael Moore picture. Gone > are the condescending interviews with ordinary > people, gone the moments when the camera grows > fixated on Moore's flabulously shambolic persona. > While the movie starts out with some uproarious > stuff, including a shot of Paul Wolfowitz sticking his > comb in his mouth before using it to slick back his > hair, it grows unexpectedly somber, becoming a > scathing portrait of Bush's response to 9/11, from the > War on Terror to the invasion of Iraq. Weaving > together countless facts that you probably already > know, Moore doesn't pretend to offer a > groundbreaking expos� (which is what conservative > critics chide it for failing to be). Rather, he presents a > compelling counter-narrative of the Bush presidency, > an antidote to all those Republican ads you see on > TV. It actually could help swing the election. > > Watching Fahrenheit 9/11, I kept thinking the > Democrats ought to hire him to make their spots � it's > miles better than anything the Kerry team has come > up with. Moore is as good as Karl Rove at finding the > lethal clip that depicts an opponent in sharp, > devastating relief. At one point, we see Bush at a > fund-raiser, addressing a crowd he calls "the haves > and the have-mores." As the well-heeled audience > chortles, Bush adds, "Some people call you the elite. > I call you my base." > > The Democrats should play that over and over, if only > to freak out the Christian Right, who foolishly believe > that Bush thinks he's beholden to them. ... > > ... > > "Several days earlier, born contrarian Godard had > remarked that Fahrenheit 9/11 could actually help > Bush get re-elected. Watching the awards ceremony > turn into an orgy of political self-congratulation, you > got his point. The runner-up for Best Short Film, a > faux-naive Belgian pipsqueak, cunningly upstaged > the gracious Romanian winner, Catalin Mitulescu, by > announcing that people should oppose Bush. Tim > "Prada" Roth then came out and praised the Belgian > for his "bravery" in making such a statement, > although attacking Bush in Cannes was about as > brave as booing Shaq in Minneapolis. If I were Karl > Rove, I might consider running a campaign ad > showing European show-biz types showing their > smug disdain for the president. > > Once Moore himself finally claimed the stage, the > night had come to resemble some inside-out version > of a Henry James novel, filled with wide-eyed > Europeans and cynical Yanks. Although nearly the > entire U.S. film press opposes Bush, you could feel > its collective flesh crawl when Tarantino announced > Fahrenheit 9/11's victory and Moore began hugging > Harvey Weinstein, boss of the company known as > "The House That Quentin Built." The unseemly > conflict of interest in all this apparently eluded the > European audience (and media), which cheered > Moore wildly when he told them that Cannes' > decision "will ensure that the American people see > the movie," perpetuating the big lie that they > otherwise might not. Seeing smart Europeans be so > embarrassingly gullible � here was a moment of > corruption being treated as the triumph of high > principle � I suddenly felt as jaded as one of the > Borgias. > > John Powers is a film critic for the L.A. Weekly. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! </FONT><A HREF="http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/vseplB/TM";><B>Click Here!</B></A> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Please let us stay on topic and be civil.-Home Page- www.cia-drugs.org OM Yahoo! 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