Review of Capitalism A Love Story

by: John McClelland

Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 10:26 AM CDT

Michael Moore's Capitalism A Love Story was screened to numerous non paying Dallas area residents at the Magnolia Theater in the West Village last night, before its release tomorrow. Thanks to redcarpetcrash.com and Sam the Mailman, I won a pass to see the movie. Many others received passes from AM1360 Rational Radio. And yes folks, it was definitely taken advantage of, with 1 million people attending! Ok not really. That was the tea bagger march-allegedly. But the theater did appear to have 99% of the seats filled.

I recently read a political hit piece aka movie review from the NY Post, that poo poo'd on every aspect of the film, so I went into it not expecting greatness. But having read that review it makes me wonder if the author even watched the movie? Granted there were a ton of recycled 1950s footage and a few Soviets marching, but the movie was a lot better than I expected.  

Iraqi Group Uses Michael Moore Film to Mock Bush - Reuters

by: sfagrad02

Fri Aug 18, 2006 at 09:01 AM CDT

By Alister Bull

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group has produced an elaborate video of what it said were attacks on U.S. troops, in the latest example of the increasingly sophisticated propaganda war being waged by Iraqi insurgents.

"The Code of Silence" was posted on the Internet by the Rashedeen Army, thought to be a relatively small Sunni group which has produced videos in the past of attacks it claims to have carried out.

At almost an hour in length, it is the longest and most professionally made of recent postings by mainly Sunni militant and insurgent groups fighting the U.S.-backed government.

The U.S. military said earlier this week that recent intelligence indicated al Qaeda in Iraq was refining its strategy by producing propaganda and adding a political base to its violent campaign of suicide bombings.

Lifting scenes from Michael Moore's anti-war film "Fahrenheit 9/11", Rashedeen's narrator taunts President Bush in softly spoken English over graphic images of Humvees being blown up by roadside bombs, and purportedly dead U.S. troops.

It was not possible to verify when the documentary was made or the authenticity of any of the images portrayed by Rashedeen, whose name means Army of the Rightly Guided.

At one point, the documentary cuts to a scene from Moore's 2004 award-winning film where he lobbies on the steps of the U.S. Congress in Washington.

"After all, there are honest and influential guys in America and if Mr Moore can talk to you like that, so can I," the Rashedeen narrator says.

In addition to numerous bomb and rocket attacks, the documentary also shows two militants painstakingly drilling a hole into an old artillery shell, turning it into a homemade bomb and then burying it to create a deadly trap.

"In the good old days of the invasion, this used to be a one-man show. Not any more. Your boys have become smart. They started to ambush us. Today it takes a big unit.

"That's good. It means your boys are on the run all day long, seven days a week. And it is really devastating for them, especially if they are on their third tour and don't have our secret weapon -- patience."

(Additional reporting by Firouz Sedarat in Dubai)