ABC 9/11 filmmaker: "We need a massive paradigm shift"

[kurth]

Kona filmmaker defends 'Path to 9/11'
By Michael Tsai, Advertiser Staff Writer

Kona-born filmmaker David Cunningham admits he was taken aback by the onslaught of criticism directed at his latest project, "The Path to 9/11."... To Cunningham, political rhetoric and finger-pointing only obscure the lessons offered by the 9/11 Commission Report. "The names are not important," he said. "It's the machine that needs to be addressed. We need a massive paradigm shift."

"The Path to 9/11" was a major undertaking for the Konawaena High School graduate, whose previous work includes "Beyond Paradise" and "To End All Wars." Armed with a $40 million budget, Cunningham oversaw a project that would take a year and a half to complete and involved nearly 250 actors, a thousand extras, and 300 different sets in the U.S., Canada and Morocco.

Cunningham said the final product was "double- and triple-checked" by a team of lawyers for Disney, the parent corporation of ABC...

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060909/NEWS01/609100320/1001/NEWS

[spanone]

1. The fucking truth is important mr. cunningham.

[ShortnFiery]

2. How about start with portraying the TRUE EVENTS vice FICTION? eom

[KansDem]

13. Ageed...

A $40 million budget, nearly 250 actors, a thousand extras, 300 different sets in the U.S., Canada and Morocco, and a year and a half to complete, means shit if you're lying all the time...

To paraphrase the old adage: "A fool and his budget are soon parted."

[Joanne98]

3. He was taken aback was he?

I guess he must not have noticed that Bushco has been trying to blame Clinton for 9/11 ever since it happened. How can anyone be so naive. I'm not buying it.

[C_U_L8R]

4. This dude needs a massive cliche overhaul

only a talentless hack republican "filmmaker"
would utter something so inane as
"we need a paradigm shift". ahhh geeez.

These clowns can cram their freekin
"paradigm shift" up their fundie undies

[CabalPowered]

19. I thin the last time I used the term paradigm shift

was a High School debate tournament.

[soothsayer]

5. they triple checked the facts against the right wing talking points

and guess what? They checked out!

[tanyev]

6. I'll say we need a paradigm shift, Mr. Cunningham.

We need a media and journalists who are committed to finding out and reporting the TRUTH. You do not appear to have such a commitment.

[rodeodance]

7. Patricia Heaton---she is VERY Republican. I read an article recently that

gave an overview of the Repug projects she is involved in. It was news to me. Sorry I do not have it.


The cast includes Harvey Keitel as FBI agent John O'Neill, with Michael Benyaer ("24"), Patricia Heaton ("Everybody Loves Raymond"), Frank John Hughes ("Without a Trace"), Amy Madigan ("Carnivale") and others.

To create a harshly realistic look, Cunningham used four handheld cameras to simultaneously shoot every scene, with cameramen doubling as extras.

[liberal N proud]

8. He is right about one thing

We need a paradigm shift!
We need to shift to where the government returns to the truth and being a government for the people.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

9. "Paradigm" is starting to become the most overused word for 2006.

I don't ever remember hearing this word used in everyday language before (I'm 59)and now I hear it at least once a day. And it never makes me think that the user is particularly smart; just trendy.

[NOLADEM]

14. AMEN to that.

I cannot tell you how ANNOYING it was to hear throughout grad school the paradigm shift this or that, and it was invariably used by some blowhard who was trying to sound more intelligent than they were. Seems the same here.

He is definitely a repuke. You can't tell what the hell he is saying, but you know he is lying and you will never hear an honest accounting of his motives.

[Solly Mack]

10. Telling the truth in the age of lies would be a massive paradigm shift

Telling more lies is just status quo

but then I guess Cunningham defines truth 'bout the same way Bush defines torture...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

11. Spin, backpedal, spin, whatever.

"Framing" you crap doesn't change the fact that it's CRAP! MKJ

[BootinUp]

12. I wrote a letter to the author

Subject: About your article: Kona filmmaker defends 'Path to 9/11'

You did a nice job of reporting one side there.

You might of checked a little deeper though.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200609090003

Did you think it was important to note Mr. Cunninghams association with an evangelical organization that wishes to change Hollywood to be more in the conservative evangelical mold? Or that FBI expert consultants withdrew from the program because the writer and director would not make corrections to obvious falsehoods? This thing stinks to high heaven but you did a marvelous job of giving them cover.

Jim xxxxx
GA


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I am pretty upset right now. Yellin at my wife about politics and how the republicans are changing our democracy. I need to calm down.

[jellybeancurse]

15. Unless all this talk is part of a 9/11 "google bomb"

I really think having a few hundred if not more discussion groups about this movie are a little much. How much other stuff has been happening that our attention would be better spent on?

Just a thought

[Vinnie From Indy]

20. Really?

Are you more interested in the types of news stories our corrupt corporate news organizations feed us? Maybe you want some discussions of Tom & Katies new kid Suri? How about some heapin' helpins of a discussion of some guy that actually didn't kill Jon Bent Ramsey? Why don't you start a discussion on the latest blonde girl missing somewhere in America. In short, how about you do something other than criticize and maybe start your own discussion thread since you feel this topic is overworked.

Cheers!

[jellybeancurse]

21. First of all

there is no need to be condescending. All i was suggesting is that we do not need hundreds of discussion threads all discussing the same thing. Frankly, i do not care about Suri or that Ramsey case.
If you look at the latest topics to come up you'd think the only thing happening in the world was this abysmal 9/11 film. That is my only point. If you cannot take some minor and constructive criticism that is another issue all together.

[FloridaPat]

16. Here's some bio info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Cunningham

"His father, Loren Cunningham, was a founder of Youth With A Mission(YWAM) and the unaccredited University of the Nations, both institutions with a Christian evangelical focus.

"David Cunningham's Chile LTS project centered on his call to be a missionary to Hollywood. It was a plan to create an independent film company whereby he could both influence the Hollywood film industry and produce major motion pictures which would carry a biblical values based message.""


Nice Christian message in To End All Wars: http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2002/toendallwars.html

What makes this film unique is the redemptive and *don't choke* Biblical theme of forgiveness. Irish-born actor Ciarán McMenamin portrays young soldier Captain Gordon who finds his faith at the selflessly caring hands of British POW Dusty Miller (Mark Strong, One Against the Wind, Sunshine). Kiefer Sutherland as Lt. Tom Rigden in 'To End All Wars'But while these two men begin to study and teach other POWs what it means to "turn the other cheek", Major Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle, The Full Monty, Angela's Ashes) works at putting together an escape plan that will make their Japanese captors suffer. American fighter Lt. Tom Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland, Eye for an Eye, Flatliners, TV's "24") joins neither camp at first. He selfishly works at taking care of himself and only himself until a turning point comes that leads him to follow the higher road.

[leftofthedial]

17. "team of lawyers"??

how could they give the okay to libel?

The lies in this movie have libel written all over them.

[xchrom]

18. the paradigm shift cunningham is referring to -- is in bush's pants.