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Moore interviewed Berg for "Fahrenheit"
From Salon. Donât bother checking the link. Youâll have to suffer through a commercial first. All the improtant bits posted here.Filmmaker Michael Moore filmed an interview with American Nicholas Berg in the course of producing his documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" before Berg left for Iraq, where he was taken hostage and killed, Moore confirmed to Salon in a statement Thursday. The 20 minutes of footage does not appear in the final version of "Fahrenheit 911," according to the statement. Word of the footage reached Salon through a source unaffiliated with Moore or his film "Fahrenheit 9/11," which is reported to feature stark images of U.S. civilians and soldiers grappling with conditions in war-torn Iraq, as well as examining the relationship between President George W. Bush and the bin Laden family. It received the Palme dâOr, the Cannes Film Festivalâs highest honor, on Saturday. In a statement widely circulated by Mooreâs people after an initial request for comment by Salon, Moore said, "We have an interview with Nick Berg. It was approximately 20 minutes long. We are not releasing it to the media. It is not in the film. We are dealing privately with the family." Mooreâs camp declined to comment further on any aspect of the interview. Because the footage is not in the film, a spokeswoman for Miramax Films, the production company behind "Fahrenheit 9/11," said the company had no comment. I am so betting Fatty finds a way to work some of this footage into the final cut of his "documentary." I mean, a young American killed "thanks to Bushâs fictitious war"? Itâs too rich for him to resist. Ya know, like that last jelly donut. (And I donât mean to belittle Bergâs murder; I mean to belittle Mooreâs lust for Bush-bashing.) Posted by: growler 2004-05-27 |
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