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In Reply to: Michael Moore won the Cannes festival... posted by patrickU on May 22, 2004 at 11:34:32:
Is this the first documentary (if one can call Moore's films documentaries) to win the Palme d'Or?
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Yes it falls under the category of " documentaires " I think it is the first time. But not absolutely certain are there are some films I did not see, and where coming from Africa or countries from the third part of the world ( that is what we says here ) and the titles were never translated.
I think that this years nomination has to be understood as a political move for freedom from France to the USA....( Tarantino did the speach ) as for finding a way for a distribution of this picture in your country.
Lest anyone fall for the Fox News / O'Reilly / Limbaugh spin on this, "the French" did not give Farenheit 911 an award. Only one member of the Cannes jury was a French citizen. As Moore himself noted the majority of jury members were from countries that are members of the so - called "coalition of the willing."
***As Moore himself noted the majority of jury members were from countries that are members of the so - called "coalition of the willing."So? I thought I would die before I would hear an argument this simplistic. Thanks for proving me wrong.
Have you missed the fact that even in Spain only about half the voters voted for new leader?
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Do you think that it was the BEST film of the festival...And not to understimate the political influence of the organisator...I just tried to get my friend in France, he now the intern thing going on there, but he did not have his portable on...I may check tomorrow.
I have no idea, I wasn't there. I do know that many film critics - not all of them Americans - thought it was not only Moore's best film but one of the most powerful documentaries ever. How strong were the other films? I don't know, but I see in today's New York Times that the Thai entry was widely criticized as boring, for example. So it's conceivable that Farenheit 911 was indeed the best movie in the competition.
So I got my friend this morning on the phone. He saw all the films presented to the festival, minus three.
He did found Fahrenheit the best of all! He is against the Irak war I must say. But without even this bia he still found it best. He says this film may age rapidly because of his actuallity, but even in this case this documentary is excellent. And if this a true depiction of reality ( what he think it is ) it is really frightul.
He his very conservative, and it really shows deep down all classes in society in Europe the negativism against the USA.
" Che " was a good film I just read. And Hollywood is making a remake soon.....
I try to get my friend again but he is on the plane to Paris..So I will get him tomorrow morning. He saw all of them, and he knows all the guys over there in Cannes. I let you know.
I haven't been following it, but I'd be surprised if it doesn't get very good distribution in the U.S. If nothing else, it should easily make a profit. Bowling For Columbine cost about $4M and grossed $21M in the U.S. and $36M outside the U.S. This one should be way more popular still. So someone will pick it up and do a good job.Should be interesting. I can't wait for the fur to fly.
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