posted May 23, 2004 03:11 AM              

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Palme d'Or to "Fahrenheit 9/11" by Michael Moore

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The Palme d'Or of this 57th edition of the Festival de Cannes was presented by Charlize Theron to Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.

It was the first documentary to win the top prize since Jacques Cousteau's The Silent World in 1956.

The film received a 20-minute standing ovation when it was screened on Monday.

"I can't begin to express my appreciation and my gratitude to the jury, the Festival, to Gilles Jacob, Thierry Frémaux, Bob and Harvey at Miramax, to all of the crew who worked on the film. [...] I have a sneaking suspicion that what you have done here and the response from everyone at the festival, you will assure that the American people will see this film. I can't thank you enough for that. You've put a huge light on this and many people want the truth and many want to put it in the closet, just walk away. There was a great Republican president who once said, if you just give the people the truth, the republicans, the Americans will be saved. [...] I dedicate this Palme d'Or to my daughter, to the children of Americans and to Iraq and to all those in the world who suffer from our actions. "

This year's Cannes jury president, "Kill Bill" director Quentin Tarantino, beamed as he announced Moore's triumph over 18 other movies that had competed for the Palme d'Or.

Moore said Tarantino whispered to him on stage, telling him: "We want you to know that the politics of your film had nothing to do with this award, we are not here to give a political award, on this jury we have different politics and some of us have no politics -- you were given this award because you made a great film."

Moore also joked about Bush finding out about the Palme d'Or win, saying that "I hope that nobody tells him that I've won this award while he's having a pretzel" -- a reference to the president's near-death choking experience in January 2002.

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Congratulations to Michael Moore...maybe he is the "Daniel Ellsberg" of this "war/invasion"...time will show.

Jackie
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"No man is an island intire of itselfe...Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

John Donne

posted May 23, 2004 08:27 AM            

Have you seen the movie?

juniperb

posted May 24, 2004 09:12 PM              

I hope the conservatives will see it, so they can understand that we aren't so upset with the Bush administration without reason---the destruction of the environment is reason enough, without the farce of education's "no child left behind", the Patriot Act's attack on the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th amendments, the fact that 1500 of those bright new jobs in the picture have to do with the incoming wounded from Iraq, who will live out their lives with broken bodies and spirits, and 1000s more have to do with helping those who have lost their jobs. [Maybe if Bush's campaign work had given jobs to Americans instead of outsourcing them to India, it might have helped...but it sounds good to say we have new jobs...and when they say outsourcing is good, well...people believe it!]

A twenty-minute standing ovation seems to indicate that he has something worthwhile to say.

"Bowling for Columbine" certainly left no doubt about why "Columbine" happened, sad to say. "Those who live by the sword..."

and McDonald Douglas makes some pretty big ones

Research has shown that the mere presence of a gun in a room will escalate the level of hostilities and violence, so think what such a colossal bomb would plant into the psyche every day!

Maybe some day we can topple it, just as we yanked down the statue of Saddam, and turn it all into plowshares to feed the hungry.

posted May 26, 2004 09:54 AM              

We must wait

Hi Raine,

Me too !I can't wait to see that movie

Raine, quietly, I have been reading your posts... I say quietly because I won't participate more on the debates about this war since I am not American...

OMG, I'm talking about that subject again

You know, in these days - days of censorship - people think that if you are not with them you are against them... this is an absurdity, yet, these are the days that we are living.

I fully agree with you ... it's not possible to make democracy using a weapon, the proof of that is the chaos that Iraq is dived, however, unhappily, some people still believe in that, they didn't notice that the world changed... "Those who live by the sword..."

Everyday when I see the news (?) it's the same thing - bomb attack in Iraq, "x" Iraquian died and " x " soldiers died / attack in Israel, "x" died... every single day is the same thing...

Maybe that's why I began to have the impression that I'm living that film "Groundhog Day" - that was Linda's favorite - where "Phil Connors must live the same day over and over again, because he is forced to realize that the only real change that will ever be possible must happen within himself."

Indeed, Linda knew everything...

Thanks for the link...It's proved that " democracy" is abstract under the invincible cruelty of weapons...

Love,
Jackie

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