[Peace-discuss] World Premiere of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Tonight... from Michael Moore

[C. G. Estabrook]

Indeed, yes.  And if you want some information on why what Obama's going to say 
Wednesday night is going to be so bad (probably -- I'd love to be proved wrong), 
rent Mike's earlier film "Sicko."  --CGE


Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> Fyi, probably worth a look...
> 
> --- On *Sat, 9/5/09, Michael Moore /<maillist at michaelmoore.com>/* wrote:
> 
> This Is It! World Premiere of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Tonight ...a message
> from Michael Moore Sunday, September 6th, 2009 Friends, Well, this is it! 
> Tonight, at the Venice Film Festival, I will premiere my new movie, 
> "Capitalism: A Love Story." After 16 months of production, I am proud to
> present this work of mine to you. It is unlike anything you'll see on the
> silver screen this year. Twenty years ago this week I premiered my first
> film, "Roger & Me." Tonight, my new film will premiere at the oldest film
> festival in the world, the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. It is an 
> incredible honor they've bestowed on us, and we feel very privileged to be
> able to present "Capitalism: A Love Story" tonight in Venice. The director of
> the festival said that our movie was "incredibly symphonic" and that he was
> moved by its epic nature. Jeez, these Italians! Everything's an opera to
> them! But seriously, I do believe we've made something that will knock your
> socks off. I showed it to a friend of mine last week and he said, "It's your
> most dangerous film yet." (But I assure you, you'll be completely safe
> watching it in your local theater.) I've kept a pretty tight lid on what
> we've been up to while making this movie and you're about to see exactly what
> that means. It isn't easy, in the age of YouTube and the internet, to keep
> something like this under wraps, but we've pulled it off and I can't wait to
> show you this latest effort of mine. So wish us well tonight. We'll be home
> soon to open the movie all across the country (September 23rd in New York and
> L.A., October 2nd everywhere else). I'll leave you with a quote from Thomas
> Jefferson: "Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." 
> Yours, Michael Moore MMFlint at aol.com 
> <http://us.mc327.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mmflint@aol.com> 
> MichaelMoore.com <http://www.michaelmoore.com/> P.S. If you haven't seen the
> new trailer for the movie, check it out 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhydyxRjujU>.