"In the world which is upside down, the true is a moment of the false."
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Wednesday, June 23, 2004 first impressions of fahrenheit 9/11 
well, i just got back from the 12:15 am screening of fahrenheit 9/11 in the east village and my head is still reeling a bit. of course, the $3 pints o' bass at my local on the way home probably have somethin' to do with that as well. i digress... the film i saw this evening is an important film, it's far from perfect, it's as close as mr. mike has ever come though, it's viciously funny at times, stone-dead somber at points, muckrakingly (it's a word now, bitches.) clever and snarky at points and viscerally effective in a visual sense at others. i now know why the wingers are fighting this film so hard. the most devastating sequences are not the ones the goopers will take the most offense at, the ones where mike is obviously interpreting facts on the ground as he sees them. rather, they are the sequences with little or no editorial embellishment. pictures are powerful things and sometimes they speak for themselves. unfortunately for the bushco fedayeen these passages are the most devastating. they are unadulterated video of what actually happened. let's just say that with regards to such figures as shrub himself and other administration notables/nutjobs as the crisco kid and wolfie, this video can be positively, um, unkind. anyhoo, love it or loathe it, the film is begging for the debate it deserves and should provoke. i, for one, welcome and encourage such a debate. it's one that is long overdue. i welcome it because i feel pretty confident that it's an argument that the wingers can't win on the merits. they know it, too. take your republican friends/neighbors/relatives to see this film. christ, take your teen kids/nephews/nieces/younger siblings. and then talk to them about it. there is much room for discussion here. take advantage. engage. also, i think steve gilliard is on to something here and here. i just read a.o. scott's review of the film and this passage really struck me. it pretty much sums up my feelings this early am. Mr. Moore is often impolite, rarely subtle and occasionally unwise. He can be obnoxious, tendentious and maddeningly self-contradictory. He can drive even his most ardent admirers crazy. He is a credit to the republic. i'm sure ill both post further on this later today and i may even drag a roomie or two out to see it again. it's that good and that worthy. oh, and to the haters, especially drunken jerkoffs like ol' hitch, bring it on. and if ya don't like the film, here's an idea: get off yer ass and make your own goddamned movie. really. the jam: "in the city" "i wanna say.. ..i wanna tell you!.." posted by downtown | 3:18 AM |
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