Michael Moore Hates America is not the propagandistic character-assassination piece that the title implies. "The title is not a thesis," Michael Wilson, the filmmaker, has explained. Instead, this film is sincerely concerned with the state of public discourse. It has become highly polarized, too simplistic, and blatantly dishonest, and Michael Moore turns out to be a part of this problem.
The premise of the film might sound familiar. A young man from the Mid-west is on a quest for an interview with a particularly out-of-touch multi-millionaire, but he is unable to get it. The parallels to Michael Moore's Roger and Me are many, but the differences are stronger. This film deals reflexively with issues of what is honest in documentary, and has conversations about how fair or truthful a film can even be -- this is a drastic departure from Moore's style. All the while, Wilson weaves together many examples of over-simplistic thinking and dishonesty in Moore's films. It pushes no conspiracies and has no interest in Moore's character, only his methods.
Liberal audiences have a tendency to be forgiving, or less than critical of Moore's style. Liberal audiences need to look again. Watch this film.
Michael Moore Hates America
2004 | 1 hour, 35 minutes
2004 | 1 hour, 35 minutes
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