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Cannes' Palme d'Or goes to Michael Moore
An anonymous reader writes "The Palme d'Or of the Festival de Cannes was presented this year by Charlize Theron to Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore. I don't know if it's the first time this prize is awarded to a documentary, but I guess it's rare enough to be mentioned, especially given the problems this film encounters."
I would love to see this film but at the moment it looks like there is little chance anyone know if there is a torrent of it anywhere?
I've got to submit a bug that Slashdot is displaying somebody's political agenda instead of news for nerds and stuff that matters.
I wonder if THAT is where he got the idea to make the movie?
In my opinion, all differing points of view deserve respect even if you disagree.. if and only if they are based on fact, and not if the facts are modified and presented in a different way as to support the opinion.
Opinions should be inspired by fact, and not the other way around.
Who mediates your information?
the left wing flaps up on the even beat, while the right wind flaps up on the odd beat.....
ever seen an eagle fly like that?
I have a question for the anti-Moore (and anti-Bowling For Columbine) Americans here:
Why do you think there are more gun deaths (and murders) in the United States than in other western countries? As far as I remember, Moore addresses this question in Bowling For Columbine, but doesn't give an answer (although he give some hints of what he thinks).
This makes no sense. I speculated that >930 (now >1160) responses meant that this issue matters. I still think that it matters. But it's just an opinion. I think CmdrTaco was right on this occasion. You disagree. So what?
Reality is defined by the maddest person in the room
The historical record shows evolutionary change of the capitalist world-economy and the United States' place in it. The US was a relatively universalistic force in the world from roughly 1945-1970. Why did it change? This is a hard question; Chomsky neglects the social science mechanisms in favor of creating a catalog of moral infractions of varying importance. He neglects causality because he doesn't have the background to explain it.
For analysis from the intelligent Left, try out Wallerstein and Arrighi. Look up reviews/summaries of The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times or, better yet, The Decline of American Power? The US in a Chaotic World. The latter book, from Immanuel Wallerstein, is a timely and sober look at what is going on in the world at present. The best thing about it is that he does not rationalize the same dribble that comes from his colleagues at Yale [see Age of Terror for two hundred pages of meaningless platitudes that echo the shallow analysis that journalism pumps out. Honestly, considering how much Yale professors get paid, it's a bit embarrassing to read.