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Fahrenheit 9/11

A collection of 15 posts

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What the Wold Needs Now From Michael Moore and the Rest of Us

Hooray for David Poland for saying what so desperately needs to be said, over there at The Hot Button. I resonate with his words about divisive behavior on both sides of the political fence, about Michael Moore, and about a need for more respect from each side for the other.

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Number of Deceits in F9/11 Climbs to 59

...according to this Web site. Note the convenient, free, downloadable PDF version at the top of the page. Note #59... that Moore is happy to cooperate with terrorist organizations who want to promote his film. Even if only half of these stand up to scrutiny, it's hard to

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The Clearing, and More Moore De-bunkers.

Last night, I caught a screening of The Clearing , which stars three of my favorites: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem Dafoe. It starts out like a thriller, but it is far from thrilling. Pieter Jan Brugge’s directorial debut is watchable only for its talented cast, a trio of

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Latest Must-Read Response to F9/11

Matt Labash will make your head spin with his revelations about Moore's "revelations." I gotta put all these great responses in one post and just keep updating it. There are too many, and they're all worth reading.

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CT Movies Gets Buried in Pro-F9/11 Mail

I'm already anxious to be done talking about this movie, but this is worthy of note. CT Movies has been swamped by a tidal wave of mail ranting about Peter Chattaway's review of F9/11. Mail like this just proves Michael Moore's claim that

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

2015 Update: Looking back more than a decade at my review of this highly controversial, fiercely political documentary, I find myself reluctant to leave it on the blog. First of all, I was caught up in a time and a culture that was fraught with anger and bias, and I

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Moore Dodges the Questions...

Slippery, slippery, slippery that fellow is!

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Chattaway and Parks Review Fahrenheit 9/11

My friend and colleague Peter T. Chattaway offers his view of Fahrenheit 9/11 at CT Movies today. At the same time, my good friend, and an exemplary film critic, J. Robert Parks has turned in a review. I've posted it on the Looking Closer film page.

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First Impression: Fahrenheit 9/11

I haven't even begun to organize my thoughts on Fahrenheit 9/11, but when I read this blog entry I found myself saying, Yep. Yep. Yep. This guy's thoughts parallel my own experience from last night's screening in Seattle, except that he was able

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Before you see Fahrenheit 9/11

We can expect conservative Republicans to attack Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11." But how about the left's most notorious editorial writer? Sit down, have a bowl of popcorn and a soda, and read this brilliant response to Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit

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Fact-checking Fahrenheit 9/11

I'm not pro-Moore, I'm not anti-Moore. I'm pro-truth, and sometimes, Moore's offering us the truth. I won't have an opinion of Fahrenheit 9/11 until I see it and check to see if his claims are backed up by the

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Bradbury's mad about Moore's title

Here's the story.

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How Fair is Fahrenheit 911?

From The Hollywood Reporter: The Iraq violence is more gruesome than what normally appears on American TV. One particular sequence follows an American patrol on Christmas Eve, but Moore never identifies who shot the footage. Because Moore is very good at jumping in front of a camera when he is

Most prestigious film award goes to...

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Most prestigious film award goes to...

Michael Moore for Fahrenheit 911. That's right, this year's Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival goes to the guy who brought us Bowling for Columbine and who now is showing us what went on behind the scenes in the Bush administration during and

Amid the 25-Minute Ovation, a Surprising Criticism

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Amid the 25-Minute Ovation, a Surprising Criticism

[2025 Update: This post is past its expiration date. The IMDB link no longer works, alas. I’m keeping the post online for archival purposes. (If you find a solution to the broken link, let me know.)] While it’s true that Michael Moore received an 25-minute standing ovation at