Controversial director Michael Moore says Capitalism: A Love Story could be his last documentary, according to the AP. “I’ve done this for 20 years. I started out by warning people about General Motors, and my whole career has been trying to say the emperor has no clothes here, and we better do something about it,” he said. “I’ve been having to sort of knock my head against the wall here for 20 years saying these things. … . What am I supposed to do at a certain point?” Moore, whose newest film opens Oct. 2, says he’s considering shifting into fictional, narrative film. “I’ve made a body of work of nonfiction that I’m very proud of, and like any filmmaker, I’m looking for different challenges, and things that will keep me interested and excited about what I’m doing.”
Sep 15
2009
10:45 AM ET
Michael Moore says 'Capitalism' could be his last doc
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Uh oh here comes all the haters…
lol ikr I came into this story expecting a flood of “good” or “finally” comments.
Michael Moore — Your films have shined a bright light on important American stories. When I see your movies, I am proud that a fellow Flintstone is telling the truth about life in America and in doing so is challenging all of us to make this country a better place to live. Certainly, take on other creative challenges, but don’t stop telling the truth. You are the only one telling the truth with humor, honesty, and intelligence. If our political leaders had a fraction of your insight and integrity we would be in much better shape. I can’t wait to see your new movie.
I am a fan of his docs, but his fictional work? Two words: Canadian Bacon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/)
It’s the right link, not sure why it did not work…
WTF?!? All Michael Moore has EVER done is non-fiction. Wow! Go away forever pr*#&. MOST of America (that does not have time for your crap) is annoyed and disgusted by your very existence. Shut up forever now, a$$-clown…thanks finally.
in my past counry, people make movie of the type of moore’s would be killing with no mercy from people who have all of the power. he free to make any movie he wish to be make but you also free not be watch what he make. save your money and pay for movie you want to be watching with out get so much anger. hate is never ever ever the answer the reason you feel the anger to mr. moore.
your “anger” comments can be directly attributed to Michael Moore’s “films”….just because he says what he says doesn’t make it fact. Liberals have NO facts….wise up and deal with it.
hey Steve, Phnam is right. If Moore’s films make NO money, capitalism will dictate that no more of his “movies” will be made. Unless you are arguing that his movies will always make money because liberals will always go irrespective of factual accuracy. In such case, your recourse would be for you to suck it up.
that IS what I’m saying. Liberals aren’t interested in facts. So, I WILL suck it up and freely state wherever and whenever I please that MOST Americans think Micheal Moore is an A$$…
And apparently Conservatives have no interest in displaying the slightest bit of class as they spew profanity and hypocrisy every which way
Steve – this blanket statement about all “Liberals” or all “Conservatives” is not representative of the majority of the people of this country, who are not nearly as “black or white” as you (and the majority of TV cable news) believe. There was a time in this country when the culture of “us vs. them” didn’t exist, and people from both sides of the aisle were able to work together despite differences and make something happen. Now I know you’re going to respond with some “oh, go sing ‘Kumbaya’ somewhere else, but just stop and think for a second. Do you really think your attitude of derision is doing anyone any favors, yourself included? (For the record, I am a moderate, like the majority of the U.S.).
Micheal Moore’s movies are as non fictional as Gone with the Wind. Based on real things but the facts are skewed to fit his image. I doube this will be his final film, he likes that paycheck way too much.
More money means more donuts. Tubby likes donuts.
He didn’t say it would be his final movie. He said it would be his final documentary. He’s still going to make movies.
Actually, Moore’s films are based on facts. Facts, however, can often be selectively chosen to show one side or another…That’s what makes ‘em fun.
I wonder if the people saying his docs were skewed are FOX News viewers. It’s like an alternate reality over there, whenever I flip over to see what they’re saying back in the 1950′s, there’s “breaking news” that you can’t find anywhere else, not even online. I half expect Rod Serling to step out. Do Moore’s documentaries have a point of view? Of course, all documentaries do. I’ll even admit that he sometimes goes a bit far in stacking the deck. If this bothers you, I can respect that, as long as you’re not a Fox News or Rush/rightwing talk radio fan, those outlets bend reality and outright make things up all the time, so Moore shouldn’t bother you at all.
This is a serious, hopefully thought provoking question.
If Michael Moore really wanted to bring about change in capitalism, shouldn’t he not be capitalizing on it? Other documentarians who seem to genuinely want to bring about change with the world have released their movies free online for all the world to download and see.
But to see this, you have to buy at least an $8 ticket to get in, then maybe $10 more on concessions. Moore has made millions of dollars off his films in the past. This one will be likely be no different.
But he’s made millions in a capital system that he seems to go against. That just bothers me.
This isn’t a comment on his films at all. I’ll let other people debate their quality. It’s the way he conducts his business that I take issue with.
Moore isn’t anti-Capitalism, he’s against the abuse of Capitalism by the unholy alliance of Wall St. and Congress which unfortunately, unchecked, was a large part of the reason we’re in the economic mess in which we find ourselves.
Moore is talented, but his films certainly are not documentaries in the sense of portraying truth or seeking fact. Everyone should rent “Manufacturing Dissent,” an excellent film in which a documentary crew that started out as rapt admirers of Moore tracked his actions and history and ended up exposing a self-inflating, deeply dishonest filmmaker.
“I’ve been having to sort of knock my head against the wall here for 20 years saying these things. … . What am I supposed to do at a certain point?”
Stop producing films full of inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and flat-out lies. The reason you haven’t gotten the traction you seek, Tubby, is that the truth isn’t on your side. You’ve continually mistaken ideology with fact and your “documentaries” have suffered for it in the court of public opinion. So either shed the scales from your eyes or move to Cuba. But you’ll probably have to pack it up to North Korea in about five years after the Cuban people finally get freedom.
hater alert!!!
Plenty of what he does is fictional…and this just sereves to set himself up as a crusader when another “R” makes it into the WH. “I have to go back…the people *need*me!” Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I will concede that Moore’s docs come with some problems, but at least he is out there asking the questions, which is more than most journalists or the American people have been doing in the past decade or so. Or, worse yet, when questions WERE asked the askers were often dubbed unpatriotic, or worse, traitors. Moore was one of the few people willing to stand up so I salute him for that, no matter how much I might agree or disagree with aspects of his work.