Posted on 05/19/2005 12:46:10 PM PDT by CHARLITE
The reviews of the film The Interpreter have been extremely positive. "Two thumbs up," say Ebert & Roeper. Larry King calls it "spellbinding." Rolling Stone calls it "smart." We agree with that last characterization. As we noted in a column, the film is political propaganda designed to boost the image of the United Nations and make the U.S. look bad for opposing the International Criminal Court. It is one of the smartest pieces of political propaganda to come out of Hollywood.
Meryl Gordon's article about U.N. boss Kofi Annan, in the May 2 edition of New York magazine, notes that Annan "received a warm welcome" at the VIP screening of the film in New York. But the article is more informative in what it says about Annan's effort to rehabilitate his own image.
During his first term as U.N. Secretary-General, Gordon says that Annan was "the toast of Washington and New York," associating with such people as Oscar de La Renta and Tom Brokaw. That's the same Tom Brokaw who was anchor of the NBC Nightly News. He's the same Tom Brokaw who provided an endorsement of Linda Fasulo's pro-U.N. book, An Insider's Guide to the U.N. Fasulo covers the U.N. for NBC News, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. This book, as AIM disclosed, was funded by the pro-U.N. lobby to the tune of $26,000.
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
Much Ado over nothing. This film was terrible.
And unprofitable.
It's already been reported that like Bush the UN is paying reporters for good press, but when Bush does it it's just plain WRONG!~}
Rules of Thumb:
1) If Hollywood insiders like it, it sucks.
2) If it's a sequel without the full original cast, it sucks.
3) If it gets one of the top four academy awards, it sucks.
4) If it has anything to do with Michael Moore, it sucks.
5) If it purports to be a "serious" film, it sucks.
Too late, this movie has already disappeared from theaters. It may have been pro-UN propaganda, but at least no one saw it!
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