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In Reply to: Catch the REAL Fahrenheit 911 and you'll get to see all the illicit sex you want! posted by Audiophilander on July 05, 2004 at 09:59:06:
I finally saw Fahrenheit 911 and I must say I was a bit disapointed. I thought Bowling for Columbine was a much better crafted movie and more thought provoking. I thought Fahrenheit 911 was a bit uneven and poorly paced in comparison. I did like the part where Michael Moore tried to get congressmen to sign up their own children to serve in Iraq although even that was not nearly as good as the attempt to return the bullets in Bowling for Columbine. I thought the rarely seen images of casualties in Iraq were the most provocative and effective part of 911. I think Moore should have gone even further there. I don't think 5 minutes of politicians combing their hair really said much. Oh, I also liked the footage of Bush right after he was informed of the second plane hitting the towers and the time lapsed cuts of him sitting and doing nothing.
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...and while I liked BFC, I felt Fahrenheit 9/11 was a better crafted documentary and of somewhat greater importance in terms of immediacy. Moore knew that pro-Bush critics would be all over him, so he was meticulous about editing his film so that the actual footage told the story rather than relying upon his own sardonic "alchemy" to manipulate events. Even then, Bush advocates have been all over the film trying to pull it apart with a fine tooth comb; for the most part, they fail miserably.As I've mentioned before, Fahrenheit 9/11 is flawed because it contains a few arguable inaccuracies and subtle misdirections, but generally it's quite accurate; the actual footage doesn't lie. The careful reconstruction of events using timelines and, where possible, the actual visual record helps to tell the Bush story in a clear and understandable manner; it provides a rather scary BIG picture overview of how we got to where we are today. This isn't to take anything away from Bowling For Columbine, which IS, also arguably, a very important contemporary film. In fact, BFC may have even greater sociological importance in the future, dependent upon how values within of our steadfast gun-culture change, but Fahrenheit 9/11 is certainly more relevent at this juncture (i.e., politically important, in an election year).
AuPh
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