If you can stand another entry about Fahrenheit 911...

[firecat]

...my sweetie jwermont just forwarded me this excellent critique of the movie by Robert Jensen, professor of journalism at the University of Texas: "Stupid White Movie: What Michael Moore Misses About the Empire".

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[kateo.livejournal.com]

...he's looking for Fahrenheit 9/11 to be the film that would make *his* arguments, and in the manner *he* would do it. For that, I'm afraid he's going to have to make his own movie.

Yes, this.

I would add that, as a songwriter, I'm always having to remind myself that you can try to tell too many stories at once; doing so weakens the overall impact. Screenwriting (and filmmaking in general) strikes me as much the same way. Michael Moore could have gone into a lot more detail about a lot more things than he did, but he had to make decisions about what to leave in and what to leave behind. Personally, although I think Jensen had a few valuable points, I think Moore made mostly excellent choices.