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Thread #71099 Message #1214610
Posted By: Peter T.
26-Jun-04 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: REVIEW Fahrenheit 9/11
Subject: RE: BS: REVIEW Fahrenheit 9/11
Having seen the film last night, I mostly agree with Guest, it is too scattershot: it is nowhere near the best documentaries (the Cannes jury was, dare we say it, somewhat biased). It could have been much more vicious and devastating. The best thing about the film -- which Guest is absolutely right about, and which makes it worth seeing -- is the focus in the second part of the film on the battening on the poor white and black people by recruiters, and the terrible scenes with Lila Liscomb. It all just breaks your heart. That the military is the only working social program in the country. All Moore has to do is contrast this with the disgusting scenes of the rich (he could have done much more with this) corporate parasites, and the film does its work. I also think people who don't read much will be shocked by the absolutely true Saudi-Bush pere connection which has been going on for years, the huge amounts of money being made off the various wars, and being paid for by the American poor with their bodies.
It is worth saying that it is very funny as well.
yours,
Peter T.