michael moore invades toronto film festival
Last Updated : GMT 09:40:38
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Last Updated : GMT 09:40:38
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

Back with a new documentary film

Michael Moore 'invades' Toronto film festival

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicleMichael Moore 'invades' Toronto film festival

US film director Michael Moore
Ottawa - Arab Today

Provocateur Michael Moore is back after a six-year absence with a new documentary film, "Where to Invade Next," pitching once again socialist ideals put to the test abroad to his fellow countrymen.

The film premiered at the Toronto film festival.

Based on its title, it was initially thought to be an indictment of America's military zeal.

But the movie actually delves very little into US military misadventures abroad.

Instead, Moore uses the term "invasion" to mean plundering other nations' notions of happy workers, good education, humane prisons and empowered women.

He then presents these as examples of how life should be in the United States.

"I hope nobody will be mad at me, and (audiences will) appreciate the prankish nature of it all," he told The Hollywood Reporter.

"All the countries that don't spend 60 percent of their economy on so-called defense, spend the money on their people.

"So in a way, the perpetual war, the military industrial complex has resulted in the America we now have where we are not number one in probably anything anymore."

The Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker places himself in the action, as a pseudo conqueror who plants the American flag wherever he goes, baffling onlookers.

- Greener on the other side -

His travels in search of spoils take him to tuition-free Slovenia, to Italy and its jaw-dropping two-hour lunches and eight weeks of vacation per year for workers, to Portugal, which saw its addiction rate plummet after decriminalizing drug use, and to Norway to showcase humane prisons that boast a low rate of recidivism.

He also visits Iceland and Tunisia, where he claims women are fully empowered.

And he returns to France -- his 2007 documentary film "Sicko" praised its health care system -- to tour schools.

There, he tries to tempt French schoolchildren with Coca-Cola, while he himself is astonished at the tasty meals in its cafeterias, notably the large selection of cheeses.

The French schoolchildren, meanwhile, gasp at photos of lunches served in Boston schools that look like mush.

Moore contrasts sex education curriculum in France that promotes condom use with footage of US presidential candidate Rick Perry insisting that teaching abstinence works when confronted with a high teen pregnancy rate in Texas.

Arguably, the filmmaker cherry-picked only some of the most successful social programs across Europe, while glossing over their problems.

The film is unlikely to win over Moore's detractors but got a few laughs from Toronto audiences.

The real rub, however, comes at the end, when Moore reveals that the ideas implemented by these countries originally came from America, but never really took off there -- such as an equal-rights amendment to Tunisia's constitution.

"Where To Invade Next" is Moore's first film since "Capitalism: A Love Story" in 2009 in which he assesses a culture of greed on Wall Street that led to the global financial crisis.

He previously earned an Academy Award for Best Documentary for "Bowling for Columbine," which bashed American gun culture in the wake of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre of 12 students and a teacher.

It briefly became the highest grossing documentary film of all time, before Moore beat his own box office record with "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Source: AFP

    

themuslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

michael moore invades toronto film festival michael moore invades toronto film festival

 



Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

GMT 08:32 2011 Monday ,25 July

Sabri accuses Yusri in Souad Hosni’s murder

GMT 12:07 2014 Monday ,03 February

Home design ideas

GMT 11:20 2017 Thursday ,02 March

Mexico central bank cuts growth outlook over Trump

GMT 08:31 2017 Tuesday ,28 November

Bangladesh upholds death sentence for 139 soldiers

GMT 14:33 2017 Thursday ,20 April

US defense secretary vows support for Egypt's Sisi

GMT 16:12 2017 Wednesday ,20 December

Myanmar bars UN rights investigator just before visit

GMT 08:21 2017 Wednesday ,30 August

United Technologies near deal to buy Rockwell Collins

GMT 18:27 2017 Friday ,21 April

ARCO condemns targeting of ERC convoy in Somalia
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
 
 Themuslimchronicle Facebook,themuslimchronicle facebook  Themuslimchronicle Twitter,themuslimchronicle twitter Themuslimchronicle Rss,themuslimchronicle rss  Themuslimchronicle Youtube,themuslimchronicle youtube  Themuslimchronicle Youtube,themuslimchronicle youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2023 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2023 ©

muslimchronicle muslimchronicle muslimchronicle muslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle themuslimchronicle themuslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle