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   "Dr. Harold Paul Goldfinger"  wrote in message   
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   > Moore is shameless in feeding his own ego!!!   
   >   
   >   
   > Observer film writer Mark Kermode on the controversial filmmaker   
   > behind Fahrenheit 9/11   
   >   
   > Sunday June 27, 2004   
   > The Observer   
   >   
   > The most annoying sound at this year's Cannes Film Festival was the   
   > incessant drone of Michael Moore telling everyone in town that he had   
   > been silenced. If only. For almost two weeks you couldn't turn on a TV   
   > without hearing Moore spouting off about how Disney was censoring him   
   > by refusing to distribute Fahrenheit 9/11. Of course, it was all   
   > nonsense. Despite the fact that Moore had apparently long known about   
   > the 'Disney issue', he chose to wait until the eve of Cannes before   
   > screaming to the press, thereby generating the kind of frenzied   
   > festival publicity money can't buy.   
   >   
   > Moore played the victim; the world's press acted outraged; and the   
   > Cannes Jury duly handed over the coveted Palme d'Or, insisting its   
   > decision had nothing to do with politics. 'It was the best movie we   
   > saw,' jury president Quentin Tarantino blubbed unconvincingly. Fast   
   > forward a month and, hey presto, Moore's documentary finds itself   
   > enjoying the kind of high-profile US opening usually reserved for   
   > star-studded blockbuster action movies. With censorship like that, who   
   > needs publicity?   
   >   
   > According to legend, Fahrenheit 9/11 was made to topple George W Bush   
   > and thereby save America from the grip of an evil tyrant. It was also   
   > made to prove that Moore was right for attacking 'Dubya' from the   
   > Oscar stage last year, labelling him a 'fictitious president' who was   
   > leading his country into a 'fictitious war'.   
   >   
   > 'When I gave that speech,' Moore said later, 'it wasn't embraced by   
   > majority opinion. I needed to clarify myself.' In fact, what Moore   
   > needed to do was to convince everyone that he wasn't a loud-mouthed   
   > winner (anyone clutching an Oscar sounds smug) but the loveable   
   > underdog of yore. It's a role he has played to the hilt, with winning   
   > results; the glittering likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Demi Moore and   
   > Sharon Stone have recently been snapped at screenings of Fahrenheit   
   > 9/11, while Madonna has urged her fans to see the film, insisting: 'I   
   > don't think I ever cried so hard at a movie in my life!' (Clearly, she   
   > never saw her own stinker, Swept Away.)   
   >   
   > Amid this hectic round of celebrity back-slapping and public   
   > congratulation, Moore has still found time to remind us just how   
   > silenced and censored he is, most recently complaining about the 'R'   
   > rating awarded to Fahrenheit 9/11, which he insists will prevent   
   > teenagers from hearing his message - and presumably prevent him from   
   > pocketing their lucrative demographic dollars. 'Come see my movie by   
   > any means necessary,' Moore told young punters, adding, 'If you need   
   > me to sneak you in, let me know.' Gee, thanks Mike.   
   >   
   > All of which would be far more amusing if Fahrenheit 9/11 was   
   > genuinely something to get excited about. I'll be reviewing the film   
   > in full when it opens here in a couple of weeks, but suffice to say   
   > that it was neither the sharpest, the funniest nor the most   
   > politically potent documentary screened at Cannes this year. That   
   > award goes to Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, a stomach-churning   
   > attack on the fast-food industry which has all of the bite of Moore's   
   > work with none of the self-righteous sanctimony.   
   >   
   > Yet in the area of shameless self-publicity, Moore remains   
   > unsurpassed, finding a way to turn every situation to his egotistical   
   > advantage. If Bush loses the next election, Moore will doubtless claim   
   > credit for his downfall, thus making him an international superhero.   
   > If Bush stays, Moore can just go on blaming all those people who   
   > 'censored' his movie, from Disney, to the Ratings Board, to the dopes   
   > of the 'Move America Forward' organisation who tried to get theatres   
   > to boycott Fahrenheit 9/11. Haven't they heard that there's no such   
   > thing as bad publicity, particularly where our Mike is concerned?   
   >   
   > Whoever wins the election, you can be sure that Michael Moore won't be   
   > a loser. Nice campaign, Mike. Shame about the film.   
   >   
      
   A profiteering socialist. What a double standard!   
      
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