Part I: Fahrenheit 9/11—The Screenplay. Part II: Fahrenheit 9/11—The Backup and Evidence. Part III: What the Public Thought of Fahrenheit 9/11. Part IV: Essays and Critiques of Fahrenheit 9/11. Part V: Beyond Fahrenheit 9/11—More Writings on the Issues from the Film. Part VI: Cartoon and Photographs. The film, considered as a political act, may be a historical landmark. It is an effective and independent intervention into immediate world politics. From start to finish it invites a political and social argument. Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is usually fast. Propaganda invariably serves the long-term interests of some elite. This single maverick
movie is often reflectively slow and is not afraid of silence. It appeals to people to think for themselves and make thought-out connections. For those living under political tyrannies, art has frequently been a form of hidden resistance, and tyrants habitually look for ways to control art.
The Film proposes that the White House and Pentagon has been taken over by a gang of thugs so that U. S. power should henceforth serve, as a priority, the global interests of the Corporations. Despite all the manipulative power of communications experts, lying presidential speeches, and vapid press conferences, a single independent voice can break through the conspiracy of silence, the manufactured atmosphere of fear, and the solitude of feeling political impotent. Fahrenheit 9/11 had the biggest opening day ever for
any film at both New York theatres. It
is the first documentary ever to debut at No. 1. It is also the largest grossing documentary ever, beating the previous record holder (Bowling for Columbine) by 600 percent. After its release, thousands of emails poured into our website michaelmoore.com, an average of 6000 a day. On some days, over 20 million people went top our website.
Fahrenheit 9/11 has rocked the country in a way that films rarely have a chance to do. Because so many has asked to publish the film’s screenplay—and all the supporting evidence we have—we have decided to provide you with this book.
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