Word: fahrenheit
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...friendly Cambridge area. Hock speculates that the timing of the film’s release was poor; strangely, he notes, “it might have been too late,” despite the rapidly approaching election, perhaps suggesting that cashing in on the massive public awareness generated by Fahrenheit 9/11 might have been financially beneficial...
...Democratic and Republican friends saw Fahrenheit 9/11,” he says. “My Democratic friends were like, ‘This is so true,’ and my Republican friends were like, ‘This is horse shit.’ But both realized it was biased...
Noting the absence of empirical evidence, McElwee says, “Certainly Fahrenheit 9/11 has gained wider theatrical distribution than any documentary in history, but do we really think Republican voters are wandering into the theaters where it is playing and suddenly changing their minds about President Bush? Somehow, I doubt...
...Personally authored, highly biased documentaries, such as Fahrenheit 9/11 … deserve their place in the landscape of documentary filmmaking,” says McElwee...
With the election looming and the success of Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 inspiring an army of young documentarians, it’s been a busy year for propaganda. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, know their place in such a climate, and with their new puppet movie Team America: World Police, they remain as incisive and furious as we’ve come to expect. Their job has always been to drive the swine out onto clear pastures, exposing the liars and mocking the jerks who hog our airtime and control our country?...