In his 2003 Oscar acceptance speech, Michael Moore denounced President Bush and the invasion of Iraq. Overnight he became the most hated man in America. In an exclusive extract from his new book, Here Comes Trouble, he tells of the bomb threats, bodyguards and how he fought back
'I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it … No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out [of him]. Is this wrong? I stopped wearing my 'What Would Jesus Do?' band, and I've lost all sense of right and wrong now. I used to be able to say, 'Yeah, I'd kill Michael Moore', and then I'd see the little band: What Would Jesus Do? And then I'd realise,...
'I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it … No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out [of him]. Is this wrong? I stopped wearing my 'What Would Jesus Do?' band, and I've lost all sense of right and wrong now. I used to be able to say, 'Yeah, I'd kill Michael Moore', and then I'd see the little band: What Would Jesus Do? And then I'd realise,...
- 9/8/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
A great documentary is an unbiased one. A great documentary can turn your brain inside out. It can kill thoughts which you were certain you would always have. They change minds and dispel myths, enrage nations and bring unseen beautiful people and stories in to peoples lives. I guess my main problem with Michael Moore's feature documentaries was their obvious heavy approach, their set (and often painfully set up) pieces, the way he treats his "heart wrenching" family stories with an air of disdain and his massive political weight often hampering everything else. Plus he's never unbiased, has only made me laugh, never changed my mind an basically just makes 90 minute films about as arresting as those on Fox news. Kevin Leffer has a bit of a bee in his bonnet about Moore and his complacency about his home town of Flint, Michigan and has set out to put...
- 6/15/2010
- by Neil Innes
- t5m.com
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