Fahrenheit 9/11 Could Change History

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Michael Moore's Oscar-winning "Bowling for Columbine" was the highest-grossing documentary ever made, until his latest "Fahrenheit 9/11" beat that record in just its first few days. And now the film that Walt Disney didn't want to distribute could set another record: the first movie to change history.

With all the media discussion that Fahrenheit 9/11 has generated, and the millions who will actually see it, the November presidential election will not have to be that close for Mr. Moore's two-hour "op-ed," as he calls it, to make the difference. It is a powerful, moving, and brilliantly assembled op-ed, one that lays bare the rottenness, the cynicism, and the sinister deceitfulness of the Bush Administration's manipulation of post-9/11 America.

In some ways it should not be surprising that an award-winning film could play such a big role in an election year. For some time now we have become increasingly reliant on the arts and entertainment world to give us the unvarnished truth about politics: cartoon strips like Doonesbury and more recently The Boondocks, or comedians such as Al Franken and Comedy Central's Jon Stewart (The Daily Show). With Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry pursuing the safe strategy of letting the Bush team self-destruct, people outside of traditional political circles will be even more important sources of hard-hitting criticism.

Some of the film's techniques are Moore's trademark moves, as when he stalks U.S. Congressmen to try to recruit their sons and daughters for the war effort. Or circles the Capitol with an ice cream truck blasting the Patriot Act to our lawmakers, who had never bothered to read it.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0630-09.htm

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1. I just want him to make enough money to finish and have control of

his latest documentary which is supposed to be about the health system. I wish he could already get one started on the media. I think some of the right wing court jesters of the propaganda world would have to clean up their act a little just by knowing that a documentary was in the works. I would like him to devote plenty of focus on the right wing foundation grooming schools for so-called journalists - and media partnerships with the WH and cabal. The public needs to know. It would be fun too, with the clips of O'Reilly yelling his famous.... Shut up! Shut UP! SHUT up! SHUT UP!!!!!!

I'm going to find a couple of people who can't afford tickets to F911 and buy some for them. This is not the same as a right wing foundation going out and buying a truckload of Ann Coulter's books to get her on the best seller list. This is about educating oneself and others in just two hours with custom dedicated music in the background.

Thanks to the haters for their tremendous contribution!