French Filmmaker Takes Own Stab at Bush

[kskiska]

PARIS (Hollywood Reporter) - When "Fahrenheit 9/11" was selected for the Cannes Film Festival, another documentary about George W. Bush was waiting in the wings in case Michael Moore's film wasn't ready in time.

"The organizers were keen to include our film in the Official Selection but felt it was politically incorrect to have two anti-Bush documentaries at Cannes," says Jean-Francois Lepetit, whose Flach Film produced "Le Monde Selon Bush" (The World According to Bush).

Directed by seasoned documentary maker William Karel, the 90-minute film could scarcely be more different to Moore's Palme d'Or winner. Karel's style is sober, eschewing humor and stunts in favor of heavyweight interviews.

"Le Monde" is a scathing attack on Bush's first 1,000 days in power, and chronicles the first family's alleged links with the oil and arms industries.

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"I was amazed how willing some people were to be interviewed, straight after they had left government and were no longer bound by secrecy laws," Karel says.


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[whistle]

1. That's great, bring 'em on!

[Fenris]

2. Hooray for my countrymen!

Vive la Français!

[CaptainClark23]

3. How do we get this film here?

"Karel managed 26 detailed interviews, with personalities including Secretary of State Colin Powell, neo-conservative Richard Perle, former CIA directors James Woosley and David Kay, writer Norman Mailer, academics and journalists."

This sounds like it might have some meat on it.

"Liberte, Fraternite & Egalite!"

[liberalcanuck]

4. Can't wait to see it. Hopefully we get it soon. n/t

[underpants]

5. A Frrrrrrrrrrenchman?

Oh I can feel the linking of Moore to the FRENCH coming right now.

[geek tragedy]

6. This actually

sounds both fairer and more damning to the Bushies.

[Rochambeau]

7. I watched that movie a few days ago on tv. It's a great movie.

Style is different from Moore's, very classical,"serious", condensed some may say a bit boring. But the result is everything but boring. I was between puke and fear. That was really scary.

[schyzo-nas]

8. I saw it too...

... it was really good. It's coming out on DVD at the beginning of July (10th?) It'll surely be possible to buy it on-line.

[liveoaktx]

9. What channel did you see it on? Wonder if there will be a repeat?

[Rochambeau]

10. No repeat unfortunatly.

It was on France 2 (public channel that goes more anti-bush/anti-war every day. It's almost weird from a very serious and reliable network).

http://www.france2.fr/

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. Oh hey, a friend of mine planned to catch it too

but hasn't reported back to me on it. Tell me about the material he covered in the film.

[Rochambeau]

12. "will be released on 20 screens in France on June 23"

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000532604


Robot traduction of the article in "Le Nouvel Obs" (center left news mag) about the movie :

http://nouvelobs.reverso.net/url/obsResult.asp?directions=65544&template=Default&autotranslate=1&url=http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/culture/20040618.OBS1297.html

I love that one : "At once, the writer Norman Mailer gives the tone. George W. Bush, he assures in front of the camera, is " the most stupid president whom never had the United States ".

[Rochambeau]

13. William Karel made also that movie before :

"CIA Secret Wars"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362485/

Available in english according to that link.