Fighting the War on Error

"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists."
- Political & Social Activist Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989)

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?


This movie certainly appears to be a different way to criticize the Bush administration's hunt for indifference about Osama bin Laden. Regardless, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden looks like a must see, if for no other reason than because of who made it - Morgan Spurlock.

Spurlock isn't afraid to do the outlandish to prove a point; Super Size Me is a shining example of that.

I like his work - it's controversial in some ways, but his provocativeness stirs lots of debate, and that's never a bad thing. (I guess he's much like Michael Moore in that way.) This movie will no doubt inspire some, entertain many, and anger a few, too. But in the end, if people are talking about how this administration has failed miserably to catch the man responsible for 9-11, than the movie will have succeeded brilliantly.

Incidentally, according to WaPo, Spurlock is adapting Chris Mooney's book, The Republican War on Science, into a movie. I'm really looking forward to seeing that when it's released. I have the book, but too many others have gotten in the way and I haven't read it yet ~ I'll probably get to it this summer.

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Morgan Spurlock never ceases to impress me… i just saw Super Size Me, which as amazingly insightful, and now he's making a documentary that investigates the war on terrorism? well done indeed

Wed Apr 16, 10:12:00 AM PDT  

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