Michael Moore's Piece de Resistance.....

[marmar]

Poll question: Michael Moore's Piece de Resistance.....

I know Fahrenheit 9/11 is getting all the love in the "Best of the Decade" lists, but to me, 'SiCKO' is still the jewel in his crown.

What say ye, DU?

[marmar]

1. OK, the unrec trolling is just getting silly now.

nt

[Blue_In_AK]

2. I cancelled it for you.

[marmar]

3. Thank you Blue......

[Oregone]

4. Roger & Me and B4C seemed so much better than the others

But F911 and Sicko dealt with so much more epic and controversial material (after MM was very, very famous) that they may of had a bigger impact.

I'm not sure what it was, but I felt very emotionally connected with those two films (Roger & B4C). The others seemed like information overload without a great emotional narrative woven in.

[blondeatlast]

9. I agree. Roger & Me was so personal; clearly a labor of love. nt

[el_bryanto]

16. I voted for Roger and Me - it does seem very personal and it's still arresting

The other ones are good, essential, but I guess without Roger and Me those other ones wouldn't have been made.

Bryant

[valerief]

5. This is HARD. Where's the All of the Above? nt

[IndianaGreen]

6. Sicko is quite an eye opener

especially at the end when they go to Cuba to get treatment and medicines.

[Politicub]

7. I would send a DVD of Sicko to every household in the US

if I could afford it. It's a magnificent documentary, and I agree with you that it should be on the "top of the decade" lists.

[marmar]

22. Agreed. I wish I could too.

nt

[Walk away]

8. Sicko was great because finally people who weren't sick started...

paying attention to health care in this country.

[marmar]

14. Michael Moore is always a year or two ahead of the masses.....

..... I so wish "SiCKO" had been released as the health care debate was heating up.....but perhaps he led it.

[Walk away]

18. I think he helped to start the dialog. I think he always does.

Without him it's just the media wagging the dog for corporate interests and the politicians they own.

[sabrina 1]

20. I agree, Sicko would be so relevant right now.

It should be seen by every single person in the country.

Wendall Potter admitted that the Insurance Industry spent millions go after MM for that movie. They were so afraid of how it would wake up the American people.

I cried when I saw it the first time as it made me feel so sad for the people of this country who so meekly accept the idea that they do not have the rights people of other countries would die for if anyone tried to take them away. We are so beaten down in the US. It makes me angry a lot of the time, but sometimes it's just sad. And to see people even here on DU, defending the people who care nothing at all for them. It's like watching an abused wife trying to make the best of a horrific situation.

[Walk away]

26. You said it sister! nt

[DemReadingDU]

10. I need to vote again

and again
:)

[David Zephyr]

11. I think Capitalism is his best film, but Fahrenheit was his most important film because it was brave

I admire Michael Moore a lot. That should not come as a surprise to those who know me here. He preaches my gospel of American-flavored socialism and he is a true national patriot.

While I'm a huge fan of all his films, "Capitalism: A Love Story" was his masterpiece and underscores the root of the problems he deals with so effectively in his other works.

Still, Fahrenheit 9/11 will always be his greatest achievement in my eyes because of how brave it was for him to say what he said during that very dark time in our nation's history. Michael stood up to the evil empire and was fearless doing it. I was at the opening day at the Hollywood Arclight on Sunset Boulevard and there, then in the midst of all the Bush/Cheney darkness and fear-mongering was Michael Moore on the silver screen mocking the tyrants. Sitting their among dear friends in the audience we responded throughout that film that day with wave after wave of cheers and applause. I will always remember it.

Here's to Michael Moore, an American Hero

[CrispyQ]

31. Yes! Here's to Michael Moore, an American Hero!!

:applause:

I remember in late 2003 I started putting anti-bush & anti-war bumper stickers in the back window of my truck. I live in a fairly liberal area, so I was surprised by the nastiness directed my way! I got flipped the bird more in a few short months, than in all my other years!

Then F 9/11 came out & within 6 weeks I started to notice a change. I'd still get the occasional bird, but more often than not, people started giving me a thumbsup. Moore was very brave to put that film out at the time he did. The majority of people still believed that Iraq had WMD since the media kept telling them so. I believe with all my heart that F 9/11 opened a lot of people's eyes & not just about the war, but about the whole Bush 2000 fiasco, the Patriot Act & how Conyers (I think that's who it was) admitted that they rarely read most of what they vote on. I remember at the end of the movie people were quiet. They didn't immediately get up to leave. It was like they had to digest just how much of a farce our government had become.

[Bjorn Against]

12. This was a tough decision for me, but in the end I went with Capitalism: A Love Story

I thought Capitalism had the clearest call to action of any of the films so that is why I chose it, I thought the ending did a great job of showing people that they can organize to make change rather than relying on the politicians to change things for them.

I really liked Bowling for Columbine and Sicko a lot as well and I considered voting for one of them, but in the end Capitalism won out.

[blondeatlast]

13. The Awful Truth (short lived TV series)--anyone else remember that?

My vote was for Roger & Me. though; it was so personal for him.

[Oregone]

15. Where he had his gay bus follow Phelps?

:)

[blondeatlast]

17. Yup--and I almost forgot TV Nation, which is the last TV I NEVER missed an episode of.

http://www.docurama.com/productdetail.html?productid=NV-NVG-9541

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108951/

[blondeatlast]

28. "The Sodomobile." Great stuff. nt

[Bjorn Against]

19. I would say that Moore's greatest moments were shown in The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth was not as consistently good as his movies as there were a lot of segments on that show that were pretty lame, but when it was good it was really good. I think "Funeral at an HMO", "The Voice Box Choir", "The Sodomobile" and "A Better Way to Conduct a Witch Hunt" stand out as some of Moore's greatest moments and are even more memorable than his films.

[blondeatlast]

21. I have to freely admit I loved Canadian Bacon even though I didn't vote for it.

I spent lots of time in Canada as a kid and it wasn't too far off!

[AwakeAtLast]

23. I've got Sicko in my Netflix queue

so I can't really vote. F 9-11 would be my choice out of those I've seen.

[sabrina 1]

27. You can watch it for free online ~

The quality is very good. This is a really good site. MM said he doesn't mind of people see his movies for free. It really is so relevant right now. I wish it would be re-released.

http://freedocumentaries.org/int.php?filmID=133

[AwakeAtLast]

30. Thanks for the link

I haven't watched anything online much. I may have to make this one a first. My Netflix queue is pretty long anyway. :)

[dysfunctional press]

24. i have a soft spot for fahrenheit 9/11 because i ended up in the movie.

6:36 into the film:


i made the banner, i'm holding up the left side, my wife is holding the right side.(she's in the brown earmuffs)

we were at the front of a march from dupont circle to the parade route on coronation day 2001, until we ran into an impenetrable line of riot cops at 14th & K.

[Walk away]

25. That's cool!

Also cool that your wife is channeling Princess Leah!

[Canuckistanian]

29. I'm reserving my judgment until I see "Capitalism: A Love Story"

I have a feeling it'll be his best ever in terms of relevance.

Barring that, I'd have to nominate "Fahrenheit 9/11"

[omega minimo]

32. THE ENTIRE BODY OF WORK

[dana_b]

33. almost +1

Canadian Bacon was too silly and I never saw Slacker Uprising but I agree that all of his other documentaries are great. This poll is too hard!!