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[ATTENTION: This review reveals content of the movie.]
Like all the other movies by Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11 is a very biased look on the White House's actions since 9/11 to the ongoing war in Iraq. The main role here is Bush, who is intensely and negatively critized by Moore. I hesitate to call this movie a documentary due to its extremely one-sided treatment of the "truth". Yet I appreciate the message Moore is trying to convey by interpreting various sources and footages of Bushs speeches. Is it great cinema? I doubt it. However, it efficiently delivers a powerful statement from a man with courage, which the protagonist of this movie lacks. There are less jokes in Fahrenheit 9/11 than in other Moores movies. What fill in the blank are some brilliant moments of irony and effective uses of footages. Moore was one of the first filmmakers to include footages from 9/11 to his film (Bowling for Columbine), but in Fahrenheit 9/11 he smartly shows us the sounds of the footages on a black screen. With the absence of the images, the horror can be further subjectified through our imagination of what actually was going on. In another scene, Moore tried to convince the congressmen to sign up their sons to the army, and not surprisingly none of them filled the form. I believe these are some of the strongest parts of the movie. The absurdity they depict are exactly what many see in the world after 9/11. When first entering the White House, Bush and Powel publicly stated that Iraq were not a threat to the US, and after 9/11 they started a war to Iraq due to her possession of mass destructive weapon, which the US never found. Right after 9/11, the US airports were tightly guarded that not even Ricky Martin could aboard the plane, yet the Bin Laden and Saudi family in the US were authorized to fly to their home countries without being questioned. The US invaded Iraq in the name of freedom and democracy. Can you see them in Iraq? I doubt. In the latter part of Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore focused on the reality of the war and the soldiers views on it. In one footage, an Iraqi woman was crying for her lost uncle and vowing revenge to the US. In another footage, the US troop broke into a civilians house, arrested an Iraqi man while his family cried and asked what he had done wrong. Combining the recent horrific videos and photos of Nick Berg, Paul Johnson and Kim Sun-il, whose heads were beheaded by the Iraqi extremists, the only thing I can see in the Iraq is hatred. If there is a clear threat from another country, I believe a war is necessary even though some civilians may be involved. However, what are the intentions behind the war on Iraq? Saddam, now captured, is without a doubt a brutal tyrant, but did he orchestrated the 9/11 attack? Where is Bin Laden now who was said to be the brain behind the attack? I assume many people will be displeased by my disgust over the war and say Come on, the world is evil, just live with it. Yes, greed and evilness are within everybody. However, if you invade a country for greedy reasons, tell us. Pretending to be the hero who fights for freedom and democracy is an act of cowardice. I believe Fahrenheit 9/11 won the grand prize at the Canne Festival mostly due to its political background. But I cannot deny it is a powerful movie that succeeds in doing what its set out to do. It is more touching to see how Moore fought to deliver us his message. 8/10.
8/10
27.6.2004 -
wt_wt@ - age: 18-25
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