Michael Moore is going to lop one more lawn dart into Bush’s face before he leaves office with a follow up to Fahrenheit 9/11. We get news of this film thanks to the fabled caves of Yahoo:
Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore has begun work on a “searing and provocative” follow-up to his 2004 political documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11,” with plans to release it next year, producers said on Tuesday. In keeping with Moore’s penchant for secrecy surrounding his projects, the studios divulged few details of his latest work except to describe it as “a searing and provocative follow-up” to “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
Rosett said Moore’s focus in his new film is a broader look at the United States’ position as an industrialized nation and world power since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Moore’s documentary style may take too many creative liberties, but his films are always entertaining and are fantastic for igniting debate and discussion. As a person that enjoys arguing a point of view; his films make for excellent fodder. As a Communist sympathizer, I tend to agree with Moore, more often than I will disagree. He is a leftist firebrand that gets the other side all riled up. He is like the anti Hannity.
Even if you hate Moore, you have to appreciate what he is doing for documentary film. He is pulling in record numbers and trying to work deals with theatre chains; fighting for screens dedicated to documentary film. I have had a growing love for documentaries over the past few years, and as a rule I now almost prefer them to fiction. With so many ideas being rehashed, and so many remakes being pumped out, now is as good a time as any to mine the rich and fertile grounds of the documentary.
