‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and ‘Dev’ were my Saturday movies. Frankly, too films a day, however amazing the films may be, are tough to digest.
According to CNN reports, ‘F-9/11’ has grossed 21.8 million dollars in plain 3 days! That’s almost as much as Michael Moore’s earlier film ‘Bowling in Columbine’ gathered over 9 months. I haven’t been able to make up my mind as to how I feel about the film. It deserves to be watched once definitely, twice maybe. A tad dramatic, I thought. Pinch thought otherwise. He liked the film a whole lot more than I did. For a documentary, as the conventional ‘documentary’ definition goes, this was a long one. 2 hours, 15 minutes, I think. Maybe I should watch it once more…:-)
One thing needs to be mentioned about Moore, he has done his homework well. He has provided the viewer with detailed facts and figures relating to the Bush family-Saudi royal family linkage. Poor George W has turned out as a sad caricature in this film. I wonder if any comments are forthcoming from the White House…. Can’t say any more, worth a watch, definitely.
One thing that did strike me was: it is to America’s credit that Moore can make such a bold and outspoken film and not get censured for it.
‘Dev’… Govind Nihalani, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri, Amrish Puri. Quite a wash-out. Fardeen Khan may be the best Provogue model to date; can’t say that about his acting. For all you know, he might go the Saif way; turn better with age!
shri says:
‘F-9/11’ is one documentary that I am hoping will be shown here. I really,really, want to see it.
As for ‘Dev’, haven’t seen it and am not really interested in watching it.
June 29, 2004 — 2:58 am
Lakshmi says:
Steer clear of ‘Dev’…
June 29, 2004 — 4:50 am
Lakshmi says:
Have heard that he writes funny stuff. Will look it up my next library visit… Hey, I got ‘Chasing the Monsoon’ this weekened. Looks interesting…
June 29, 2004 — 4:49 am
kookygoblin says:
one of his books is “stupid white men”.I had mentioned him in an earlier post…..
June 29, 2004 — 7:04 am
Lakshmi says:
Shall look it up. What kind of humour does he write? The self-deprecating types or the Dave Barry type? Not that I recall too much of Dave Barry anyways…
June 30, 2004 — 6:25 am
arunshanbhag says:
it is to America’s credit that Moore can make such a bold and outspoken film and not get censured for it
among other things, it is this diversity of opinion that make umrica great!
June 29, 2004 — 9:10 am
Lakshmi says:
Diversity of opinion always exists, I think… The point is how far one is allowed to express it.
June 29, 2004 — 10:18 am
manyou says:
Fahrenheit 9/11
I am really looking forward to seeing this movie / documentary. From what I’ve seen and heard, I have a feeling that it is an out and out Bush-baiting movie, so there may be a significant anti-Bush bias. However, I am still interested to see how the other side of the coin has been presented.
June 30, 2004 — 8:23 pm
Lakshmi says:
Re: Fahrenheit 9/11
Well, that’s the impression I walked away with; the documentary bashes Bush left, right and centre. What other side of the coin are you referring to?
July 1, 2004 — 6:41 am
manyou says:
Re: F 9/11
The American media, and also the “spin-doctors” of the Bush administration present a side of the story which they want the world to believe. Basically to justify anything and everything they do. What I want to see (and expect to see in F… 9/11) is the other “negative” presentation of the whys and hows of things happening. I am sure that the Bush administration version is not fully truthful. But I am also not willing to bet that the F… 9/11 version is the truth. But it would definitely be interesting to see how all events, activites and decisions of the Bush adminstration would look, when presented by somebody who is anti-Bush. (The hype around the movie also stirs my curiosity….)
July 2, 2004 — 1:27 am