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"Bring it down"!!

animal_cookie said:my biggest issue is that he does not make documentaries, he makes propaganda films. a documentary should not have staged scenes in it. nor should it have to rely on fancy editing tricks to make a point.
animal_cookie said:^so are you saying its okay for someone to be biased and skew the facts as long as you agree with them?
SheeshKeebab said:He opens a can of worms, makes it News and it's debated ... so kudos. Sure, it's propaganda (but believe motivated for the right reasons) but no more than the spin and manipulation of politicians, big business or indeed the media.
I'd prefer an intellectual such as Chomsky but his appeal is probably limited to intelligent classes whereas Moore's rhetoric can be absorbed by the masses ... I fink :
doc·u·men·ta·ry
adj.
1. Consisting of, concerning, or based on documents.
2. Presenting facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, as in a book or film.
SardonicNihilist said:So of course Moore is a biased film-maker, but as has been said he makes it entertaining enough for the masses to comprehend, thereby initiating debate, and presents information to those who would not ordinarily seek it out.
AmorRoark said:Since Moore still calls his 'work' that of a documentary he essentially *attempts* to trick the audience in believing that his politically skewed interpretation of events are indeed factual. If it's so harmless than why doesn't he just call it what it is, an independent film? Because he knows he can trick the idiots of America into believing that all he puts forth in his film as fact because it says so on the box. What a great example Michael Moore is.
at michaelmoore.com, bowling... is described as an "...alternately humourous and horrifying film about the United States..." not a documentary.AmorRoark said:Since Moore still calls his 'work' that of a documentary...
animal_cookie said:my biggest issue is that he does not make documentaries, he makes propaganda films. a documentary should not have staged scenes in it. nor should it have to rely on fancy editing tricks to make a point.