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Monday, 12 July 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 ::
I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 last Saturday night (3 Jul). I’d read a number of commentaries on the movie before seeing it. A lot was said about how this wasn’t a documentary; it played too loosely with the facts and was carefully crafted to play on our emotions. That it did. I laughed, I shook my head in disbelief, I almost cried, and I was angry for several days. I can’t imagine any American seeing this movie and not getting angry, whether it’s at Bush, Moore, or both. Angry at Bush for everything Moore seems to show him to be, and angry at Moore for trying to make us angry at Bush (whether or not he succeeds). ...