{"id":605,"date":"2008-10-11T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/10\/michael-moore-harasses-canadians-again\/"},"modified":"2008-10-11T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T21:43:00","slug":"michael-moore-harasses-canadians-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/10\/michael-moore-harasses-canadians-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Michael Moore harasses Canadians again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Canadian and American elections used to happen in different years, and at different times of year, on a fairly regular basis. Lately<\/a>, however, our elections have been coinciding more and more often. Case in point: Canadians<\/a> go to the polls this Tuesday, the day after our Thanksgiving, while Americans<\/a> go to the polls three weeks later, a few weeks before their<\/i> Thanksgiving.<\/span><\/p>\n

So Michael Moore<\/a> has decided to make a movie comparing elections in the two countries. But he\u2019s not going to be a mere objective observer, oh no. Instead, he brought his camera crew to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario this week to film himself going door-to-door in support of a candidate there.<\/p>\n

Reports Pete Vere<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Michael Moore, the controversial American film-maker, appeared at an all-candidates debate in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario this week, where he knocked on doors with the NDP candidate and mocked the local Conservative candidate.<\/p>\n

I was at the debate because I live in the riding. As an undecided voter I felt the debate presented a wonderful opportunity to question local candidates.<\/p>\n

Yet by the end of the debate my questions were for Mr. Moore: What had brought him to our little neck of the Northern Ontario wilderness, a camera crew in tow?<\/p>\n

Moore was tight-lipped when I approached him.<\/p>\n

He was working on a movie, in colour and under two hours long. Beyond that he does not comment on his films while they are in production, he said.<\/p>\n

Moore\u2019s camera crew proved similarly camera-shy when approached. Two refused to answer any questions, or to disclose their names. One simply shook his head while pointing to my camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to be interviewed,\u201d he said, when asked the same question I had asked Moore.<\/p>\n

The question was eventually answered by a Moore\u2019s cameraman, who identified himself as John Walter. Moore was taping footage for his new movie comparing Canadian and U.S. elections. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One wonders if this movie is related in any way to the so-called sequel<\/a> to Fahrenheit 9\/11<\/a><\/i> (2004) that was announced some time ago.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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