Sunday, April 7, 2019

Fahrenheit 11/9 2018


     Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American Politics.  He is particularly interested in the Donald Trump presidency, the elections, gun violence and grassroots democratic movements.
     This film brings up incidents that I would like to read about and get further information.  What did the Bush administration really know about Iraq?  Also, why the switch from Lake Huron water in Flint Michigan to the polluted water from the Flint River?  Why did President Obama come to Flint allegedly to help the people but he drank the water as if there wasn’t anything wrong?  I would like to know more about the election between Trump and Clinton too.  The one thing this film does is give you the determination to learn more!!  4* (I really liked this movie) 
   
128 min Doc directed and written by Michael Moore with Jim Acosta, Roger Ailels, Brooke Baldwin, Ashleigh Banfield, Stephen K. Bannon, Roseanne Barr, Joy Behar, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Joe Biden, Wolf Blitzer, John Behner, John Bolton, Barbara Bush, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George Clooney.

Note:  Imdb 6.6 out of 10, Roger Ebert 3*, The Guardian 3* out of 5* Peter Bradshaw, 81% critic 59% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, The Washington Post 2 ½* out of 4*, Michael O’Sullivan, Metacritic 69 out of 100 with 46 critics 4.6 out of 10 with 89 reviews, Amazon 4.2* out of 5* with 1362 reviews.
Special Note:  The title is a play on the title for Moore’s other film about the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.  It also refers to the fact that Trump was projected to be the next President at 2:29AM on November 9, 2016.  Originally, Moore was working with producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in May 2017.  The funding fell through and allegations emerged the following October about Harvey.  The crew was laid off and the production shut down.  Moore bean to focus on a Broadway shoe, The Terms of My Surrender and it ran for 12 weeks.

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