Sunday, October 04, 2009

Watch the Trailer and Clips from 'Capitalism: A Love Story' + poster archive of all MM's documentaries


Click on the image to link to the trailer.

"There's gotta be some kinda rebellion between the people who have nothin' and the people who have it all..."

SHOOT: You've got to love this dude, because he champions the cause of the little guy. Moore going to the HQ of Goldman Sachs is 100% on target. They are the biggest schemers of middle class taxpayers money in the world.
Below is a poster profile of Moore's other flicks. Click on the link below to find out on what basis Michael was criticised for each flick, and how he responded. Here's the criticism and response to his latest flick:

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Moore intended to make a follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11," but with the onset of the global financial crisis, he instead turned his cameras towards Wall Street. Echoing "Roger & Me," Moore returns to Flint, MI to see the remnants of the auto factories there, and attempts to make a "citizen's arrest" of the head honchos of the financial institutions that received government bailouts.

CONTROVERSY:
Even before the movie debuted, the Associated Press ran a fact check article about the movie. It states that three months after Moore went to the headquarters of Goldman Sachs the firm did return $68 billion in bailout money they received. Also, Moore rails against Democratic Senator Chris Dodd for receiving "V.I.P." loans from Countrywide Financial Corp., even though a Senate Ethics panel cleared Dodd of any wrong-doing.

CNN.Money.com: The firm [Goldman Sachs] said the latest quarter's gains were driven by big profits in its fixed income business, where revenue surged to $6.56 billion - 34% above the previous record.

RESPONSE:
Moore contends that "not even 10 percent of the $700 billion has been returned," though the AP reports only $425 billion was actually distributed. Plus, he says he didn't include the Ethics panel's conclusion on the Dodd matter because he hopes that the Justice Department will continue to investigate "not just to Senator Dodd, but to all those in both the Clinton and Bush administrations that benefited from this."

clipped from movies.yahoo.com


No documentary filmmaker in history has been more successful than Michael Moore, and no other has been quite as divisive. He has won many of cinema's highest honors, and he's been lambasted and parodied in movies and on TV.

Roger & Me
Bowling for Columbine
Fahrenheit 9/11
Sicko
Capitalism: A Love Story

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