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...Saudi Connections In his report on Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, Richard Corliss provided a good account of its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival [June 14]. But he incorrectly described the flights transporting members of the bin Laden family, who are Saudi, out of the country after 9/11. Corliss wrote that "in the dire days after 9/11, when U.S. flights were grounded, two dozen of Osama bin Laden's relatives were flown out of the country without the FBI being allowed to question them." The film does not claim that these flights from the U.S. took place while...
...report on Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, Richard Corliss provided a good account of its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival [May 31]. But he incorrectly described the flights transporting members of the bin Laden family, who were Saudis, out of the country after 9/11. Corliss wrote that "in the dire days after 9/11, when U.S. flights were grounded, two dozen of Osama bin Laden's relatives were flown out of the country without the FBI being allowed to question them." The film does not claim that these flights from the U.S. took place while others were grounded...
...next time you hear a director complain about the studio or his stars or the weather or whatever, think of what Jorgen Leth achieved with Lars von Trier as his boss--when five obstructions became five splendid opportunities. --By Richard Corliss...
...Mary Corliss has covered the Cannes Film Festival for Film Comment and other publications since 1974. This year she is reporting for TIME.com...
...that New York Minute needs a critique and not a consumer guide. So let's just say it will satisfy its core and ancillary audiences: the tween girls who don't want the Olsens to grow up and the lonely middle-aged men who can't wait. --By Richard Corliss...