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Originally posted by TheCommodoreAfro@Oct 11 2004, 04:50 PM
Like it or not, call him a wingnut and try to denegrate him, Micheal Moore is a respected documentary film and film maker. He is nowhere near the edge that he is painted into, and possesses views not unlike a guy like Christopher Reeve. He just goes about it better. A telling fact will be the fact that maybe a few folks will show up to Coulter's talk (and as many will protest it), and Moore will draw a heck of a lot more.
The man is speaking the truth, and for all the crap that has finally come to light to everyone in the last few weeks I'm surprised that all of you in the conservo-box have seem to continue to paint him in the same light. What bugs conservatives the most about him is that he uses their tactics to get his message out.
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I would say he is a respected film maker by some. I have no respect for him as a filmmaker. It has nothing to do with his politics but rather the way he exploited people in "Roger and Me." He can say that he was trying to show the effects of Ford leaving on the area but the way he treated the chick with the Rabbits and some of the folks that were gettting booted out of their house really p*ssed me off.
He cuts and edits to make things fit his distorted view of reality and tries to pass it of as fact. I will say he seems to be getting better about admitting that he edits and that his work is done to promote his own biased view but I still have no respect for him at all as a filmmaker.