23-08-2009, 11:53 AM
Michael Moore isn't everyone's cup of tea. I still have difficulty distinguishing his 'at face value' and 'tongue in cheek' utterances - assuming you can take anything he says at face value that is. For example his apparent adulation of all things Obama is disconcerting at best. But then maybe that's just part of the attraction.
That said, I've found nuggets in all of his stuff. The obsequious fawning nature of Bush Senior's relationship with the House of Saudi and its context as presented in 'Fahrenheit 911' was a revelation. His knack of confronting authority figures with a disarming - even ridiculous - humour that wrong-foots them and often shines a brilliant flash of light into very dark places, is priceless - IMHO anyway.
So, I am looking forward to the immanent release of his latest offering 'Capitalism: A love story'
There's a review, trailer and interview with Moore here.
That said, I've found nuggets in all of his stuff. The obsequious fawning nature of Bush Senior's relationship with the House of Saudi and its context as presented in 'Fahrenheit 911' was a revelation. His knack of confronting authority figures with a disarming - even ridiculous - humour that wrong-foots them and often shines a brilliant flash of light into very dark places, is priceless - IMHO anyway.
So, I am looking forward to the immanent release of his latest offering 'Capitalism: A love story'
There's a review, trailer and interview with Moore here.
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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