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| Moore interviewed Berg for "Fahrenheit" |
| 2004-05-27 |
| From Salon. Don’t bother checking the link. You’ll 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 d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s highest honor, on Saturday. In a statement widely circulated by Moore’s 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." Moore’s 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 Bush’s fictitious war"? It’s too rich for him to resist. Ya know, like that last jelly donut. (And I don’t mean to belittle Berg’s murder; I mean to belittle Moore’s lust for Bush-bashing.) |
| Posted by:growler |
| #14 Hey! No Premium Content allowed here. Apologize for your theft. |
| Posted by: Dog Bites Trolls 2004-05-27 6:42:27 PM |
| #13 If Michael Moore is involved, I think we can definitely rule out discretion and human decency. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-05-27 10:47:09 PM |
| #12 MM sent cameramen to Iraq who didn't reveal who they were working for.Berg may not have known he was dealing w/MM.Also possible,Berg came across as a very articulate good-guy defender of Bush and enthusiastic about how his work would actually help ordinary Iraqis,which is reason MM wouldn't put footage into his anti-Bush film. If Berg had come across as greedy or stupid or anti-Bush,he would have made the film.After all,the film was finished long before Berg was killed. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-05-27 10:09:52 PM |
| #11 gee thanks, Sludj - now I've gotta drink that visual outta my head |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-27 8:08:56 PM |
| #10 I've got it! Michael Moore and Moussaui were gay lovers. Moore accidently contacted Berg when trying to e-mail operational instructions to Moussaui. Fill in the rest. |
| Posted by: Sludj 2004-05-27 8:04:03 PM |
| #9 If he met Oliver Stone too I'm gonna explode! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-27 7:50:54 PM |
| #8 Too many weird 'coincidences' with the Berg case. Direct link with a 9/11 plotter and now MM. I don't normally go in for conspiracy theories, but this smells like one. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-05-27 7:49:27 PM |
| #7 DBT, at least you didn't try to link to anything this time... :-) |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-05-27 7:20:34 PM |
| #6 I've only seen snippets of Moore's movies, but he doesn't only interview people who agree with him. He seeks out people who take the opposite view (and who aren't especially bright), doesn't disclose what he is doing, and essentially tricks them into looking stupid in defending their views. Maybe that is what was going on here. |
| Posted by: Sludj 2004-05-27 6:45:43 PM |
| #5 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Dog Bites Trolls TROLL 2004-05-27 6:42:27 PM |
| #4 Hmm... This may actually lend credence to the theory that Berg was anti-war, anti-Bush and quite possibly over there to wage jihad against the americans. Of course, it could just be any old interview where Moore takes everything out of context and spins it against the Pres.& Administration. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4021 2004-05-27 6:37:30 PM |
| #3 Odd. I thought Nicholas's father said his son was a Republican who was pro-Bush and in favor of the Iraq War...why would a pro-Bush person have anything to do with Moore, especially when he knows Moore is in the process of filming an anti-Bush documentary? Nicholas Berg's "mission" in Iraq seems to get fuzzier as more information is revealed about him. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-05-27 6:37:21 PM |
| #2 Or maybe Moore is embarrassed to release the video because it would highlight how shameful a person he is. Think about it: Berg apparently was a supporter of Bush and the Iraq war. Moore's strategy in interviewing such a person would be to make them look stupid. If that is what the video shows, anyone who watched Moore condescending to and snidely belittling a person who got his head sawed off would be revulsed by Moore. This is just my immediate reaction. The Berg story is truly bizarre. |
| Posted by: Sludj 2004-05-27 6:36:34 PM |
| #1 (Posted story the same exact time Charles did over at LGF. Weird.) |
| Posted by: growler 2004-05-27 6:27:35 PM |