Michael Moore Hates America

Michael Moore Hates America

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Wilson
Produced by Carr Hagerman
Written by Michael Wilson
Starring Andrew Breitbart
Peter Damon
Dinesh D'Souza
Penn Jillette
Sandra Froman
Michael Moore
Michael Wilson
Cinematography Carr Hagerman
Christopher Ohlsen
Michael Wilson
Edited by Greg Browning
Distributed by HCW Films
Release dates
 2004
Running time
 125 min
Country United States
Language English

Michael Moore Hates America is a documentary film directed by Mike Wilson that criticizes the work of film director Michael Moore.[1][2][3]

It premiered September 12, 2004, in Dallas, Texas, at the American Film Renaissance film festival.

Overview

The film and its poster are patterned after Moore's film Roger & Me, during which Moore attempts to chase down Roger Bonham Smith for an interview. In this case, Wilson seeks an interview with Moore. Wilson also adopts other aspects of Moore's style in his efforts at satirizing Moore. For instance, Wilson interviews a mix of Americans across the country and well-known figures like conservatives Dinesh D'Souza, David Horowitz and Andrew Breitbart, liberal Albert Maysles and fellow libertarians such as Penn Jillette and Tim Slagle. Wilson revisits some of Moore's shooting locations and subjects from Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine, and attempts to discredit many aspects of Moore's films.[2]

Wilson's main criticism is that Moore misrepresents the truth by staging events and deftly cutting sequences to distort the truth. As an example, Michael Wilson offers the scene in Bowling for Columbine where Michael Moore gets a gun on opening a bank account. An interview with the bank employees suggests that Michael Moore had arranged for the gun to be delivered to the bank ahead of time so he could walk outside with it immediately after opening the bank account. In addition, Michael Wilson offers the scenes in Bowling for Columbine of NRA president Charlton Heston speaking. The scenes are cut together from different speeches; however, in the film they may be construed to be from one speech given shortly after the Columbine shooting at a meeting in Denver.[4]

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes evaluated 75% positive reviews.[5] Some critics favored the film's examination of Moore's methods.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Moore Hates America". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Anderson, John (February 25, 2007). "Michael & Them: Filmmakers Chase Moore". The New York Times.
  3. 1 2 Koehler, Robert (October 6, 2004). "Review: 'Michael Moore Hates America'". Variety.
  4. ↑ Berkowitz, Bill (August 3, 2004). "Fahrenheit This!". Alternet.org.
  5. ↑ "Michael Moore Hates America". Rotten Tomatoes.
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