"Mammoth Proportions"
Category: Movies...
Posted Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 04:48 PM [GMT-6]

I note with no small amount of glee that "Fahrenheit 911" will carry an R rating, despite Michael Moore's protest hearing in front of the MPAA. The distributor estimates that the R rating will cut the box office by 20%.

The distributor goes on to say that it's just downright unfair to deprive any Americans of their right to see this movie, because, after all, we all are just waiting with bated breath to do so. Here's a quote from today's Wall Street Journal:

"As anyone who has read a paper, watched TV, surfed the web or chatted by a water cooler this week can attest, the interest in 'Fahrenheit 9/11" has grown to mammoth proportions," Mr. Sehring [president of one of the distribution companies] went on. "It is a shame that 'Fahrenheit 9/11" will become inaccessible to a segment of the American population to whom this film has a great deal of relevance."

Well, despite the fact that I don't know of a single soul who would go see this movie (even if it was free), I can see how Mr. Sehring might be confused. After all, if the newspapers, TV and "the web" (whatever that means) say it's true, well, then, who are we to argue?

I'm sure there's a moral to this little story just dying for someone more perceptive and articulate than me to let it out. All I can think of is that for some people, the truth is what they want it to be. This goes for film distributors and [some] filmmakers alike.

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Hey, I plan to see Michael Moore's latest. I love a good comedy!

Posted by: denise at June 22, 2004 06:42 PM

we saw it here on a friday afternoon in west texas. the place was packed and the crowd cheered at the end.

Posted by: blogslut at July 5, 2004 11:03 PM

P.T. Barnum is having a big laugh right about now.

Posted by: Eric at July 6, 2004 06:30 AM
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