And he was about two feet lower than whale squeeze, to begin with.
Posted on 06/26/2004 4:47:41 PM PDT by Pikamax
'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.
Not to mention his gut.
So9
His snought is always in the trough.
If Moore ever had to haul ass he'd have to make three trips!
And he was about two feet lower than whale squeeze, to begin with.
That's a keeper.
He obviously doesn't view it as a horrible thing for him, money grubber that he is. He is above all a monumental hypocrite. Since his core values are totally lacking, he is just rotten to the core.
Apparently, his ego is on a high-carb diet. The bigg porker. I hope he chokes on his ego.
Moore is making money off war. It is easy to sit on the sidelines and pick away at the participants and people taking the fight to the terrorists. Disney gave him this chance?
***If Moore ever had to haul ass he'd have to make three trips!***
SNORT!
"If Moore ever had to haul ass he'd have to make three trips!"
HA! That's a good one. Sounds like a tag line to me.
DITTO!!!
Moore really is a treasonous, anti-American F@#*ing SCUMBAG!!!!
I saw F-911 earlier today and I was really offended by it. It is stomach turning. I wasn't exactly eager to see the film, but I felt I had to in order to make informed criticisms of it. F-911 is a sickeningly cynical and dishonest piece of Propaganda.
"Lumpy Riefenstahl having a swine time!"
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