Bush 'Death' Film Honored At Toronto Festival

WRAL.com ^ | POSTED: 7:30 am EDT September 18, 2006 | AP

[cf_river_rat]

TORONTO -- International critics at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival gave an award to the controversial British television movie "Death of a President," which centers on a fictionalized assassination of President George W. Bush.

British director Gabriel Range's "Death of a President" stirred up a strong reaction even before it premiered at the festival and won the Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize). The jury of film critics cited the film "for the audacity with which it distorts reality to reveal a larger truth."

[cf_river_rat]

"for the audacity with which it distorts reality to reveal a larger truth."

This is commendable? Amazing.

[jdm]

"for the audacity with which it distorts reality to reveal a larger truth."

Distorted reality can never be truth (unless you're a lib).

[rhombus]

http://drsanity.blogspot.com/

[AppyPappy]

Of course they did. Anti-Bush = Award

[SF Republican]

How Orwellian

[Lucky9teen]

The film blends archival footage of the president interspersed with fierce anti-war protests and other fictional scenes crafted by the filmmakers.

Actors posing as administration officials and Secret Service agents were digitally grafted into some images of the president and his entourage. The filmmakers said they chose to use Bush rather than substitute a fictitious president to heighten the authenticity.

"I'm thrilled that the film is going to be shown in theaters both here and in the U.S. in the near future," Range said Saturday. "That's proof that people can see beyond the premise and see that it's a film about this post-9/11 world that we live in."

I'm disgusted by this...I can't even think of words to describe my disgust...

[Al Simmons]

"for the audacity with which it distorts reality to reveal a larger truth."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

A perfect insight into liberal (ill)logic

[snowrip]

That quote goes a long way in pointing out what exactly liberals consider "truth"... it's distorted reality.

Best quote I've heard from a liberal recently is "Reality equals perception." Dummy.

[headstamp]

I could picture them doing this to Clinton. People involved with the film would start disappearing.

[Argus]

The "larger truth" is that the left would applaud somebody who assassinated the President for real. They are a sick gang of traitors.

[Always Right]

It just shows how much sickness and hatred fills the left.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

The "larger truth" is President Cheney. (The DemonRATS think they have hard times now.)

[VoodooEconomics]

And the larger truth is that islamofascists are trying to assinate western culture. Deep

[dirtboy]

This is commendable? Amazing.

For liberals it is quite commendable. The only way they can cling to their bizzare notions of truth is to distort reality in an increasingly audacious manner.

[Blue Turtle]

I am sure the Bush family is happy to read about this news...DISGRACEFUL!

[piytar]

Fill in the blank:

Seething delusional _________ fantasizing about death -- what a shock. NOT!

Choices:
(a) libs
(b) muslims
(c) both

[Billthedrill]

"Larger truth" always means "desirable falsehood." "Higher law" always means "diktat." And people who call for other people's deaths and then pretend otherwise are moral cowards.

[CoolPapaBoze]

Here's a test of that theory. Reality: the gun is loaded.
Perception: the gun is unloaded.
Put the gun to your head and pull the trigger and see which one wins out!

[CoolPapaBoze]

Here's a test of that theory. Reality: the gun is loaded.
Perception: the gun is unloaded.
Put the gun to your head and pull the trigger and see which one wins out!

[sgtbono2002]

The Muslims want to kill the Pope and the Liberals want to kill President Bush.

There really isnt much difference between the two. They both want anyone dead who doesnt kiss their asses.