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Sicko 16 November 07

Section: article

Categories: Film / dvd

Some aspects of Moore’s films rub me the wrong way: in this one, the way he used the Guantanamo Bay prison to make a point, reducing the issue to the prisoners’ medical care (though it is likely better than that of many US-Americans), prisoners stripped of all rights and held indefinitely, some of them teenagers; some things about his films are just wrong: his conspiracy theories around the Bush clan put forth in Fahrenheit 911... as Gore Vidal once said: the ruling class doesn’t have to conspire, its members all think alike.

Moore’s ridiculous US-flag favicon in his website must be some attempt to disarm those who question his patriotism. Unfortunately, he probably is patriotic.

But I like him and Sicko is still his best film so far, and it shows well the cruel backwardness of the US “health” system.

www.michaelmoore.com →

  • Title: Sicko
  • Directed by: Michael Moore
  • Writing credits: Michael Moore
  • Starring: George W. Bush, Reggie Cervantes, John Graham, William Maher, Richard Nixon, Linda Peeno
  • Year: 2007