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Another excellent film from Michael Moore, must see
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This is not a great film, but remarkable nonetheless for what it achieves on a small budget. With General Motors exporting jobs to Mexico, unemployment soars in the city of Flint, Michigan. The authorities try to revive the economy by building a luxury hotel and an indoor theme park, both of which close down. Rookie film-maker Michael Moore tries to get an interview with GM boss Roger Smith, but finds him to be more elusive than a job vacancy in a city of mass unemployment.
Being a true believer in the Left and a Union man, this film was recommeneded to me by a friend because of the content. I wasn't dissapointed. The harsh and brutal reality of globilisation and how it can devistate regions for corporate profits is truly heartbreaking. Michael Moore takes his usual approach - but being his first dvd filmed, he is slightly more wary and humbling than the full-on-ness we see in F911 etc. The films message is great. What really makes this Dvd brilliant, is Michael Moore's audio commentary. Being filmed in the late 80s early 90s, he dubs over for the Dvd in 2003 and reflects on how things have (or unfortuantly more often) have not changed since. He also speaks in depth of how Warner Brothers funded not only the release of the film, but also supported those families that suffered within it. I'm sure someone could of made the same film based on either the mining towns of Wales in the Uk, or cities like Hull devistated by blue-collar jobs being off-shored for profits. Inspirational and moving. I'd certaintly recommend this to any Union people, or people that dont grasp the effects corporations can have on whole areas.Vollständige Rezension lesen
This documentary style film by Michael Moore covers the demise of car and truck production in his home town of Flint Michigan during the 1980's.The film shows Michael Moore trying to track down the elusive boss of G.M.C Roger Smith for an interview. Inbetween his efforts to track the man,he reports on how people in Flint cope with the demise of their jobs and the efforts to revive the town.What I found rather sad was the footage of a family being evicted on christmas day and having their stuff thrown on the grass verge.On reporting the efforts of reviving the town Michael gets his dates wrong.He claims that an planned event happened in 1988 but the picture shows the front page of a magazine advertising the event dated 1987. Overall this is a pretty good effort for a first film and I learned that Americans eat Rabbit meat.I brought this DVD out of interest after watching Bowling for Columbine in which Michael Moore investigates America's obsession with guns.I like the style of the film but I am not sure about Michael's rather one sided views but he does put in a lot of effort.This film could be useful to somebody interested in researching American history but I feel it would be boring to somebody who does not like cars and shares the Corporate views of management etc.Vollständige Rezension lesen
I bought this because I had to have it, despite knowing the gruesome contents. Michael - you say more people complained about the scene where the woman kills a rabbit and skins it than they did about the dead black guy - why include either? I'm sure a lot of people in Flint were truly harshly affected - but why was rhonda britton's story essential to the film? For the first time, I didn't like a Moore feature film and I have everything he has put out.