"You mean he's gonna talk about the actual FILM? Well that's just downright insanity, is what."
As far as The Cinema is concerned, 2004 has been one of the most interesting years in recent memory, is what The Duke has deduced via detailed analysis, critique and pondering with regards The Popular Motherfucking Culture.
Despite the Spider-Men and Punishers and what-not, the most anticipated, most debated films of the year thus far have not been CGI extravaganzas or escapist tomfoolery, but have in fact been a foreign-language exploitation gore-flick about a fella gets whipped, hammered, tortured for two hours, and a political documentary.
This is nigh on unprecedented, is what.
Hellboy came and went, Roland Emmerich went to great lengths to destroy various landmarks in The Snow What Killed The World, and yet, the flick everyone wants to see, the only one anyone seems to have an opinion on right now, is a film about The President starring George W Bush.
Except, the hilarious thing is, despite the number of articles, blog entries, debates in forums about Fahrenheit 9/11, a fella would be hard pressed to find anything worthwhile with regards the quality of the piece as a slice of celluloid.
All anyone wants to yack about is how much of lying motherfucker that Michael Moore may or may not be, and it's all a load of the horseshit, don't you know, and how can you say it's a documentary you communist left-wing bodysnatcher?
Is it any good? Who the fuck knows?
So let The Duke be the first to offer a review of the film what does just that; talks about the film.
But first, there's a little bit of etiquette with regards The Writings Concerning Fahrenheit 9/11 that I feel it would be uncouth not to oblige.
When folks went about reviewing The Passion, they had to waste the first two paragraphs telling every motherfucker about every aspect of any theological musings they had ever engaged in. Folks wanted to know just what kind of character you might be, before they wanted to hear what you had to say about Mad Max Beyond Gethsemane. Why did you like this flick, huh? Was it because you enjoyed it on an aesthetic level, or because you were some kind of anti-Semitic motherfucker with a hard-on for the fundamentalists?
Same thing applies to any yacking about Michael Moore's new picture. Folks wanna know who you vote for, why you vote for them, what your thoughts on the political situation in Sudan might be, who the hell you think you are anyroad?
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Article comments
1 - Chris Kent
Great work El Senor Duke. I appreciated your contrast between 911 and The Passion and a critique of the filmmaking prowess in addition to the politics. One of my favorite posts of yours.
I've seen Canadian Bacon. Very poor, and established Moore had better keep his job in the documentary arena.....
2 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Chris, thanks for the kind words! I think the comparison between this and Mel's exploitation flick is a worthwhile one, and thanks for confirming it.
I'll probably get a peek at canadian bacon sometime in the future, but i've heard many bad things, and you've just added to it lol.
But who knows? Maybe The Duke will think it's a damn masterpiece or something. Wouldn't be the first instance of such!
3 - Lono
Duke,
I just saw the movie tonight, and am an admitted huge fan of Moore's work... so of course I enjoyed it. One thing I thought was kinda tacky, and as a result should have been the first thing the right wingers charged on is this: he used pictures of dead babies and wounded civilians to make a point about this war. That was dumb... that stuff happens with EVERY war and it is something nobody wants or strives for. Bush has done more than enough evil shit against America to further his agenda of corporate greed and wealth that we don't need to be patronized to get the message. Geesh, that was well stated on my behalf... perhaps I should shit out a full piece on the movie myself. nah... too many already. I always enjoy your writing, and there is a huge homage to you in a very recent piece I wrote. I just can't remember which one... probably the latest Dead piece.
4 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Lono, thank you!
I searched through your blog, but couldn't find the article in question. The blog is iamcorrect, yeah? But praise the lrod, since what i found was enough to keep me occupied for longer than is socially acceptable. you are a fantastic writer, and the "from the road" entries were especially wonderful. Thank you.