Arsenal Celebrity Supporter Series: Michael Moore
By: Trent | June 22nd, 2007
We’re staying Stateside this week with notorious documentary filmmaker and noted rabble rouser Michael Moore. Surprised that Moore is a Gooner? Don’t take my word for it–watch the video below of the big guy patrolling the concourse at Ashburton Grove.
Moore’s first big splash as a documentary filmmaker was 1989’s “Roger & Me”, examining the effects on his hometown of Flint, Michigan stemming from General Motors’ decision to ship manufacturing jobs overseas. This flick set the tone for Moore’s gadfly approach to polemical commentary.
The work which helped Moore win the 2002 Academy Award for feature-length documentary was “Bowling for Columbine”. That’s Moore with his Oscar, at left. The movie explored violence and America’s gun culture. The director’s anti-George W. Bush rant during his acceptance speech predictably earned him both supporters and detractors.
In 2004, which was a Presidential election year in the United States, Moore released “Fahrenheit 9/11″ a look at the 2000 election, the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., and the war in Iraq. The film remains the highest-grossing documentary of all time, and it also was awarded the prestigious Ballon Palme d’Or at the Cannavaro Cannes Film Festival. Despite it’s commercial and critical success, for plenty of Moore’s fellow Americans this movie cemented the director as a reprehensible troublemaker. And his detractors had the last laugh of course, as everything in Iraq has turned out just fine.
Opening today is Moore’s latest documentary, “Sicko“, which takes a look at the state of health care in the United States. Here’s an early review of the film if you’re interested.
And finally, the promised video evidence.
Previous entries in the Arsenal Celebrity Supporters Series: Prince Harry, Johnny Rotten, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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