Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11
It's actually playing in Myrtle Beach. To packed houses!
It's wildly flawed, but wildly inspiring. I agree with much of what this article has to say about it, so read it. I'll just say that this movie had many shocking and troubling images: A dead Iraqi infant, wounded children, women with their faces horribly burned and maimed, all by our bombs; U.S. soldiers with their limbs blown off; our commander-in-chief, sitting frozen in a Florida classroom like, well, a deer paralyzed by onrushing headlights, for SEVEN MINUTES after being told the nation was under attack; Matt Lauer's spray-on hair circa 2002; Katie Couric's radioactive orange skin tint as she gushed, "Navy Seals rock!" You may have to avert your eyes from some of these scenes. I know I did.
One of my favorite parts that you probably won't read about anywhere else was a clip of President Cheney and Mr. Bush standing on an airport tarmac (it looked like) in 2000. President Cheney is defending his association w/Halliburton, saying he's proud to be associated with Halliburton, etc. Then Mr. Bush butts in, all eager-like, and makes this dopey remark to the effect that "they're [Cheney's critics] just mad 'cause they don't have an energy policy."
You could almost hear President Cheney thinking: "God damn it, shut the fuck up, Junior. I'll tell you when you to talk."
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It's actually playing in Myrtle Beach. To packed houses!
It's wildly flawed, but wildly inspiring. I agree with much of what this article has to say about it, so read it. I'll just say that this movie had many shocking and troubling images: A dead Iraqi infant, wounded children, women with their faces horribly burned and maimed, all by our bombs; U.S. soldiers with their limbs blown off; our commander-in-chief, sitting frozen in a Florida classroom like, well, a deer paralyzed by onrushing headlights, for SEVEN MINUTES after being told the nation was under attack; Matt Lauer's spray-on hair circa 2002; Katie Couric's radioactive orange skin tint as she gushed, "Navy Seals rock!" You may have to avert your eyes from some of these scenes. I know I did.
One of my favorite parts that you probably won't read about anywhere else was a clip of President Cheney and Mr. Bush standing on an airport tarmac (it looked like) in 2000. President Cheney is defending his association w/Halliburton, saying he's proud to be associated with Halliburton, etc. Then Mr. Bush butts in, all eager-like, and makes this dopey remark to the effect that "they're [Cheney's critics] just mad 'cause they don't have an energy policy."
You could almost hear President Cheney thinking: "God damn it, shut the fuck up, Junior. I'll tell you when you to talk."
