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"Fahrenheit 9-11" a "Most Essential Political Film"

Manohla Dargis: A new movie is "the most essential political film from an American director since Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11.'"
By
Clay Waters
November 15, 2006 - 12:12pm

High praise indeed. Liberal movie reviewer Manohla Dargis [1] calls the upcoming "Fast Food Nation" (based on Eric Schlosser's book) "the most essential political film from an American director since Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11,'" notes Victorino Matus in his Weekly Standard review (subscription required [2]) ofanother book about food. The official website for "Fast Food Nation"prominently features [3]Dargis' blurb.


Dargis has defended [4]Moore's fact-free "documentary" before, like she did two years ago in a harsh negative review of a counter-documentary: "A didactic screed that has all the verve of a PowerPoint presentation and all the subtlety of a Homeland Security red alert, 'Celsius 41.11' is finally interesting only because it represents another unconvincing effort on the part of conservatives to mount a viable critique of Mr. Moore."


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[1] http://www.timeswatch.org/twarticles/2005/20050225.asp
[2] http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/936vftio.asp
[3] http://www.foxsearchlight.com/fastfoodnation/
[4] http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2004/1022.asp
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[16] http://www.tellthetruth2012.org