[lit-ideas] Re: Michael Moore at Cannes: Palme d'Or Best Film
- From: "carol kirschenbaum" <cskir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 14:38:27 -0700
> I can't wait to see the film
ck: Perhaps now that it's won the Palme, we in the US (beyond the NY/LA
hubs) will have a chance to see it. One thing this AP article doesn't
mention, surprisingly, is that the Bush admin supposedly put pressure on
Miramax (Moore's usual distributor) to back out of distributing this film.
And if a film isn't distributed, it's not seen, even by the choir. I'd guess
that this political censorship played some role in the Cannes decision.
Anyone heard more?
Carol
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> CANNES, France (Reuters) - U.S. director Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit
9/11,"
> a savage indictment of President George W. Bush's handling of Iraq and the
> war on terror, has won the top award at the Cannes film festival.
>
> "I have this great hope that things are going to change," said Moore on
> Saturday after tearing into Bush with his emotion-charged documentary in
the
> run-up to November's presidential election.
>
> The Oscar-winning director, overwhelmed by the standing ovation given to
his
> Palme d'Or best film award, said: "I want to make sure if I do nothing
else
> for this year that those who have died in Iraq have not died in vain."
Moore
> was the big winner on a night otherwise dominated by Asian films, which
took
> three top prizes to show they are now a major force in world cinema.
Moore's
> diatribe focuses on how America and the White House reacted to the
September
> 11, 2001, hijacking attacks and traces links between the Bush family and
> prominent Saudis, including the family of Osama bin Laden.
>
> It then switches to the war in Iraq, with graphic footage of Iraqi wounded
> and prisoners being abused by American troops.
>
> "Fahrenheit 9/11" had already whipped up an international media storm
after
> the Walt Disney Co barred its Miramax film unit from releasing such a
> politically polarising work in a U.S. election year. Miramax is
negotiating
> to buy back distribution rights from Disney in the hope of releasing the
> film in the U.S. in July. Two years ago, the director's anti-gun lobby
> documentary "Bowling for Columbine" won a special prize at Cannes and went
> on to gross $120 million (67 million pounds) worldwide and win him an
Oscar.
> Thanking the jury headed by cult director Quentin Tarantino, Moore said:
> "You will ensure that the American people will see this movie." Moore's
win
> capped a politically charged festival, with documentaries and films
> reflecting troubled times and French showbusiness workers staging
> demonstrations and sit-ins to protest against cuts in their welfare
> benefits.
>
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