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Originally Posted by Damien
What about Schindlers list? that was about the holocaust! And money was made out of that. Millions of people killed and they made money doesn't make them wrong or evil or mean. Also SHE had to agree to appear in the film so she wanted to do it. You are supposed to interview people close to the event!
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I believe Spielberg donated a lot of money raised by SL to charity, which is important (
see here, point #13. Also, he is an established filmmaker, that made the movie to highlight the Holocaust, not to make money. Thirdly, he is Jewish, which gives him a personal spin on it. Interesting fact though (I'm not like Moore, i'll tell you something even if it weakens my argument, for clarity), is that Oskar Schlinder's wife actually opposed the film. Technically, any film that mentions 9/11 for profit is exploiting it, but I think it comes down to motivations. As Moore is using 9/11 to get Bush out of office, i'd say he isn't exploiting it.
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Originally Posted by Damien
Also you say he lies etc etc but the points he makes are valid enough. He does use editing to his advantage but this is to make his point hit home. Moore doesnt make stuff up all the things in both films there was already the knowage he just put it together. He does use spin and editing but at the end of the day he the issues he raises are true.
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Wasn't it the exact opposite in BFC? Every point he tried to make about gun control he ruled out one by one. Like: more guns produce more gun deaths. He went to Canada to prove that isn't true. He said does inner-city racial lines create gun violence? No, he stood in south-central LA (albeit not that long, and with relative safety in numbers. He generally concludes the film by there isn't an obvious reason for it. Which is true, if someone knew why they had so much gun crime, they'd know how to stop it.
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Originally Posted by Damien
HE does not make up issues and he doesn't make up facts and the distortion isnt really evident. The only thing he doesn't do too show all the facts but at the end of the day the issues and thoughts provoked are true and honest
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Well I think the distortion is only evident if you read the other side to the story. A wise person once said this: "Ask two people about the same thing. One person will say something, another person will say another thing. The truth is always somewhere in the middle". I'm not saying all Moore fans are wrong and shouldn't like them, but I think they should read all the facts, not just Moore's