Michael Moore

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Michael Moore (2011)

Michael Francis Moore [ ˈmaɪkəl mɔr ] (born April 23, 1954 in Flint , Michigan ) is an American film director , writer and Oscar winner .

He became popular with his films Roger & Me , Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, as well as his briefly broadcast satirical show TV Nation on American and British television . His book Stupid White Men achieved international bestseller status. Moore is assigned to the American political left and is known for his criticism of the Bush administration in office from 2001 to 2009 .

Life

family

Michael Moore was born to Frank and Veronica Moore and a descendant of Irish Catholic immigrants and has two sisters named Anne and Veronica. He was married to his producer Kathleen Glynn from 1990 to 2013 , their daughter Natalie (* 1981) is Michael Moore's adopted daughter. Moore is Catholic and has justified his critical attitude towards capitalism several times with his Christian convictions.

youth

Moore grew up in Davison , a suburb of Flint. Besides him, his whole family worked for General Motors (GM), founded in Flint , which was also the city's largest employer. His mother worked there as a secretary, his father as a craftsman. Moore's uncle was one of the workers who, through strikes in the 1930s, forced GM to establish a union .

Moore joined the National Rifle Association at a young age and won several awards there.

At the age of 14, he attended Catholic Seminary , where he was preparing for the priesthood . He then attended Davison High School until 1972 , where he met his future producer and wife Kathleen Glynn. At the age of 18 he was elected to the “Davison school board”.

Professional career as a journalist

At the age of 22, Moore gave up his education and devoted himself entirely to his passion, journalism . With The Flint Voice (now The Michigan Voice ) he founded an alternative magazine, the editor-in-chief of which he was ten years. She soon gained national attention and was only discontinued after Moore was hired as editor-in-chief at Mother Jones magazine in San Francisco .

Moore was only present at Mother Jones for barely five months and left the editorial team in an argument. According to an article in The Nation , this was partly because of an article critical of Nicaragua that Moore refused to print. According to Moore himself, disputes over contributions from Moore's native Michigan were the cause. Moore's political stance, as well as his harsh treatment of editorial staff, has been featured in various books, such as Jesse Larner ( Forgive Us Our Spins. Michael Moore and the Future of the Left ) and Roger Rapoport ( Citizen Moore. The Life and Times of an American Iconoclast ) presented critically.

Moore was forced to return to Flint, where General Motors had just announced that the city's auto plants were to be closed. After his release, he was employed by Ralph Nader , who soon separated from him because of personal differences.

Film and author career

Michael Moore at the 1990 Academy Awards

Moore became famous worldwide primarily through his mostly satirical books and documentaries , in which he denounced the behavior of large companies and the politics of the political right in the United States .

In 1988 and 1989 he made the film Roger & Me with little financial means , which helped him to break into the film business. The film deals with the impoverishment of his hometown Flint due to the closure of the GM plants there. In the film, Moore tries unsuccessfully to confront the then GM boss Roger Smith . He used the royalties from Roger & Me to found the “Center for Alternative Media”, a foundation that supports independent filmmakers and social groups. In 1992, Moore Pets or Meat - The Return to Flint , published a 30-minute follow-up to Roger & Me : This short film documents the situation in Flint at the time. After this film, Moore planned to release the film Canadian Bacon , but no one was found to support the script.

Instead, NBC offered him to produce a television show. Moore accepted the offer after some reservations, and TV Nation was born in 1994 . The series enjoyed great popularity and won an Emmy for Best TV Show in 1995. After only one and a half years, the program was stopped in September 1995 because the contract for it had not been extended. Moore had achieved a sufficiently large budget through the series that he could finance and realize his controversial film Canadian Bacon himself. In 1998 Moore's book Hurray America! (Written together with his wife) in which he expresses sharp criticism of then President Bill Clinton .

In 2000, Moore was one of the prominent supporters of Ralph Nader's candidacy for the American presidential election , as he had reconciled with it in the meantime. He gave the reasons for supporting Nader's candidacy in his 2002 book Stupid White Men : So Moore was disappointed with the policies of Bill Clinton , which he saw largely as voter betrayal. He had also written a letter to Al Gore asking him to give reasons for choosing him. Gore's reply would not have convinced Moore, which made it clear to him that he would support Nader.

Michael Moore 2009, Venice

Backed by his international fame, his books - especially Cross Shots - were Downsize This! , Stupid White Men and Full Cover, Mr. Bush - sold a million copies. The books provoked similar controversy as the films. The New Republic magazine derisively referred to his writings as "Chomsky for children" - an allusion to the harsh political criticism of the eminent linguist Noam Chomsky . Together with him, Moore appeared in the 2003 Canadian documentary The Corporation . With the films Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Moore also became an internationally recognized filmmaker. He became world famous at the latest with his speech at the Academy Awards in 2003. Moore was awarded the Oscar for Bowling for Columbine . He used the public eye to sharply attack the then US President George W. Bush for the American-British war against the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein ( "Shame on you, Mr. Bush!" ). The speech was faded out shortly after it started. In 2004, the book Betrayed and Sold - Letters from the Front was published , in which some US soldiers who are or were stationed in Iraq write their views on the war on Moore's website.

For his film Fahrenheit 9/11 , he received the jury award at the Cannes International Film Festival and won the " Palme d'Or ", the festival award for the best film. Since Moore had not succeeded in preventing Bush from being re-elected, a few days after his renewed election victory, Moore published 17 reasons, some serious, some joking, why you shouldn't cut your wrists. He also announced that he would make Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2, a sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, which should be released in 2007.

In mid-2005, he made headlines when he set up a film festival in his hometown of Flint to promote culture. In July of that year, James Nichols sued him for damages. He accused Moore of casting him in a bad light in the movie Bowling for Columbine . James Nichols is the brother of Terry Nichols , who was Timothy McVeigh's accomplice in the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City . Moore won the lawsuit.

His works inspired several films, including Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock and Charlie Wilson's War with the actor and Oscar winner Tom Hanks .

In the German dubbed versions of his films since Bowling for Columbine (2002) , Moore has mostly been spoken by Walter von Hauff .

Moore in the presidential campaign

Michael Moore at a rally of his "Slacker Uprising Tour" in October 2004 in Albuquerque / New Mexico (USA)

On January 14, 2004, Moore posted on his website his support for the candidacy of Democrat Wesley Clark in the 2004 presidential election . Clark could not prevail in the primaries, however. However, Moore agreed to support the Democrats in the presidential campaign, regardless of which candidate prevails, unless Joseph Lieberman won the race: “I won't give a cent to a would-be Bush who does so like he's a Democrat! ”He also drew attention during the primaries by pointing out that George W. Bush had not appeared for a long time while serving in the National Guard . In the months leading up to the 2004 presidential election, Moore toured the so-called " swing states " of the United States and campaigned at numerous rallies for the election of the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry , who he said was one of the most left-wing candidates in the Democratic Party has been for a long time.

For the 2008 presidential election , Moore will put the film Slacker Uprising online on September 23, 2008, primarily to encourage young people to make their way to the ballot box. He spoke out in favor of Barack Obama in the primary campaign and criticized his party rival Hillary Clinton for her "smear campaign".

Moore also expressed his support for the American politician Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary for the 2016 presidential election, against his rival Hillary Clinton.

Occupy Wall Street

On September 26, 2011, Michael Moore gave a speech in Liberty Plaza, New York, and expressed great expectations for the new protest movement Occupy Wall Street : In a hundred years it will be remembered that you came to this place and this movement came into being called .

Edward Snowden

In the course of the global surveillance and espionage affair in 2013, Moore had a clear opinion of whistleblower Edward Snowden : He was an “American hero” who should receive “a peace prize”. “We had a right to know what was going on. The American people are not made up of terrorists and we have the right to be left alone. It's protected by the constitution, ”explains Moore. It is clear to him: “The government will try to take more of these rights away from us if we let them. People have to fight it. ”He also supports the“ Pardon Snowden ”campaign, which is about standing up for Edward Snowden so that he can be pardoned.

criticism

Michael Moore

The film Fahrenheit 9/11 was particularly criticized due to its political explosiveness . Especially the political right in the United States rejected the film. The conservative organization Move America Forward described the film as a "recruiting video for Al Qaeda that does not belong in our cinemas". At the 2004 Republican Convention, Republican Senator John McCain from Arizona mockingly said of Moore: "And don't trust any cunning filmmaker who tries to make us believe that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was an oasis of peace!"

Even beyond the Republican supporters, Moore is repeatedly accused of illuminating some facts very one-sidedly in his books and films. For example, one of the most prominent reviews of the film Fahrenheit 9/11 comes from Christopher Hitchens , who in 2004 brought Moore closer to the propaganda film directors Sergej Eisenstein and Leni Riefenstahl with regard to his ethical principles and explained the contradictions in his statements on the dangers of Islamist terrorism and on the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The reviewer of the left-wing political magazine CounterPunch found that Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 contained no coherent criticism, but that his main political statements were "dangerously incomplete or incoherent," and that Moore, above all, made use of "subtle racism." The racism allegation was also raised by the media in several Arab countries.

In the context of the film Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore's political advice met with critical echo in the international media (including Le Monde , Chosun Ilbo ), which he addressed to French, Italians, South Koreans and members of other nations at an international press conference in 2004. According to observations of international reactions in the Washington Post , Moore was increasingly accused of behaving presumptuously and arrogantly towards people of other cultures, of being unable to perceive nuances and thus of conforming to the stereotype of the "ugly American". His perspective on international politics relates solely to the role of the USA and evidently little knowledge of the respective situation in the countries he addresses. It has often been criticized for neglecting the political role of Israel in the context of the Iraq war.

In his tendency to divide people into either friends or enemies, he resembles the character of George W. Bush, whom he criticized, said musician Pete Townshend : After the member of the band The Who used an anti-war song for the credits of the film Fahrenheit 9 / 11 had declined because of concerns about the filmmaker's factual fidelity, Moore insulted him as a “war advocate” even though he had long since corrected his position on the Iraq war.

Another accusation is that Moore's films are mainly works of polemical propaganda that use half-truths for their messages and achieve their effect through excessive emotionality. Moore denies the accusation of fake scenes, but not the accusation of selective representation. He gave facts that support his personal view of things; However, none of his books and films have so far been sued for defamation. So he had everything checked by lawyers for criminal relevance beforehand.

Wendell Potter, head of the communications department of the CIGNA insurance group until 2008 and Senior Fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy since 2009 , has now supported the disinformative PR campaign that he carried out on behalf of the American healthcare industry against Michael Moore and his film Sicko helped organize and describes Deadly Spin in his book , apologized to him.

Criticism of Moore in cinematic form

The Canadian film Manufacturing Dissent (2007) critically examines Moore's journalistic methods. Its producers, who classify themselves as left-wing liberal , said they were originally Moore's admirers. For them, Moore is more comparable to a “ preacher ” who addresses his (fan) community than to a serious documentary filmmaker who observes journalistic principles. The film comes to the conclusion that Moore deliberately concealed certain facts and invented others - for example , the repeated refusals of an interview by General Motors ' CEO , Roger Smith , that run through Moore's film Roger and Me . The authors of Manufacturing Dissent found through a former Moore employee that Smith had not only responded to Moore's questions at a shareholders' meeting, but was also available to him later for a one-on-one interview. Both conversations between Moore and Smith were not mentioned in the movie Roger & Me . This point of criticism had already been raised in 1990, without, however, met with much response. Moore did not want to be interviewed for the film Manufacturing Dissent , but later responded to the interview excerpt with Smith shown in the film by stating that both of Smith's statements had nothing to do with his film Roger & Me , as they were before the beginning of his Work was done on this film, the focus of which is by no means Smith's rejection of an interview, but his refusal to visit the ruined city of Flint. The authors of Manufacturing Dissent accuse Moore of lying and trying to manipulate his viewers. He presses his assistants to lie for him and treats his employees "like dirt". Moore countered the criticism in this film by calling the filmmakers, in turn, liars.

Kevin Leffler, an acquaintance and former classmate of Moore from Davison's hometown, also criticizes Moore not his political positions, but his methods as well as numerous contradictions between the moral claims of his statements and the verifiable reality of his actions. In his documentary Shooting Michael Moore (USA 2007), Leffler demonstrated, among other things, that the Center for Alternative Media & Culture founded and controlled by Michael Moore had invested large sums in large corporations, including Halliburton and Exxon Mobil, which von Moore had been severely attacked for their business practices and numerous companies in the pharmaceutical industry. There were also actors from several of Moore's films who felt deceived and exploited by Moore while he evaded taxes and paid private bills with funds from his charitable foundation. The film also showed critical sides of the health systems in Great Britain and Cuba, portrayed as exemplary by Moore in the film Sicko, using examples shot on site. Moore, who did not want to comment on the criticism raised, persuaded at least one chain of cinemas to abandon the planned screening of the film and concentrated his rejection on what he believed to be a violent title.

The American film Michael Moore Hates America (2004) criticizes Michael Moore personally as well as his methods and alleged manipulations. The film Michael & Me (USA 2004) is based on Moore's film Roger & Me : it shows the radio talk show host Larry Elder trying unsuccessfully for a year and a half to convince Moore of his remarks on the subject of firearms in the film Bowling for Columbine interview. Me & Michael (USA 2006) followed a similar pattern . As a direct response to the film Fahrenheit 9/11 , the films Fahrenhype 9/11 and Celcius 41.11 were made in 2004 .

The American comedy Big Fat Important Movie (2008) is about Michael Malone, which is a parody of Michael Moore. Malone is portrayed as a hater of America.

When asked about the growing number of Moore-critical films, Michael Moore once joked that he would sponsor a film festival of anti-Moore films and personally present the prize to the winner. There are already more films that attacked him than he produced himself.

Movies

Roger & Me

Moore was first noticed by the general public in 1989 when he released his film Roger & Me . The documentary focuses on the events in his hometown of Flint , Michigan , near Detroit , after General Motors closed its factories there despite good economic efficiency and relocated production to Mexico because of lower labor costs . Since then, Moore has been considered a critic of globalization . The film was mentioned in more than 100 years top 10 lists of renowned film critics and won various awards for best documentary at US film festivals. The Roger in the title is the then CEO of General Motors Roger Smith. Moore wants to interview Smith and ask him about the layoffs, which Smith repeatedly rejects in the film presentation, which is contradicting the reality.

Our enemy neighbors

The 1995 satirical film Canadian Bacon (German title: Our hostile neighbors ) is about a fictional American president (played by Alan Alda ), who after the end of the Cold War is looking for an enemy to distract from problems in his own country . To make a name for himself, he started a war against Canada on the pretext that thousands of Canadians cross the border every year. Moore himself can be seen in a supporting role in the film. The film ran as an official feature in the Un Certain Regard side series at the Cannes Film Festival .

The great maker

In the film Der große Macher (1998; Original title: The Big One ) Michael Moore is on a reading tour in 1996/97 to market his book Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American (German: cross shots of an unarmed American ) across the United States. He visits various companies , which he accuses of mass layoffs despite record profits. Among other things, he interviews Nike CEO Philip Knight , who claims that Americans do not want to sew shoes. Nike had previously outsourced the majority of its shoe production to Indonesia , where some shoes are made by children for 19 US cents an hour.

Bowling for Columbine

In the film Bowling for Columbine (2002), Moore takes the rampage at Columbine High School (1999) as an opportunity to investigate the reasons for violence and for the gun culture in the United States. He sheds light on the question of why a disproportionately high number of people are killed by firearms in the United States . The film provoked a sharp argument about the truthfulness of the information presented in the film. The presentation of facts is still discussed on the Internet today (see web links in the film article ).

The film won a special award at the 55th Cannes Film Festival in 2002, the French César Film Award for best foreign film and the 2003 Oscar for best documentary. Moore used the award festivities to condemn US President George W. Bush for invading Iraq (2003) during his acceptance speech , but was intentionally drowned out by the sudden onset of the orchestra. Today, Bowling For Columbine is the second-highest box-office documentary of all time, paving the way for more non-fictional movies that had been in the shadows in previous years.

Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11 sheds light on political developments in the United States following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks . Moore pays particular attention to connections between the families of George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden . The film was awarded the Golden Palm of Cannes. It was the first documentary film since 1956 to win this award. Fahrenheit 9/11 is therefore considered to be the most successful documentary film.

In the run-up to the Cannes Film Festival, there had been differences of opinion between Miramax and Disney in the United States : The parent company Disney refused to give Miramax the distribution rights for the film, as it feared that the Disney group's image would be damaged. This happened even though production and sales had already been paid for by Buena Vista . This procedure resulted in a public censorship debate , which raised awareness of the film in advance. In June 2004 the film rights were bought by the Miramax bosses Harvey and Robert Weinstein with their private fortune so that the film could be distributed. Lions Gate Films , IFC Films and the Fellowship Adventure Group have been won over for distribution in the United States .

The film opened in US and Canadian cinemas on June 25, 2004 and in German cinemas on July 29, 2004. Ray Bradbury , author of Fahrenheit 451 , accuses Moore of using his title without permission. In November 2004 Michael Moore announced that he would complete the sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11 by mid-2007, which he did not implement. This sequel should be called Fahrenheit 9/11 ½ and deal again with the issues of Iraq war and terrorism .

Sicko

Sicko is a film about the United States ' health system that premiered on June 29, 2007. At least two pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline , have ordered their employees not to give Michael Moore interviews. Moore said he could count on enough doctors and other professionals to give him information. Among other things, it was shot with hidden cameras, in doctors' offices and a beauty clinic.

Slacker uprising

Slacker Uprising had its first performance on September 18, 2008 and was offered for three weeks as a free download in the United States and Canada for three weeks from September 23. In his film, Moore documents his tour of around 60 American cities on the occasion of the US election in 2004 and the intended mobilization of American youth against George W. Bush. The spirit of optimism that this creates shouldbenefit Barack Obama in the 2008 election campaign.

Slacker Uprising is the first “big” film that was offered for free download. In the music business until then, only Radiohead , Nine Inch Nails , Rise Against and Neil Young had their respective albums available for free download.

Capitalism: a love story

In September 2009, Moore's documentary was Capitalism: A Love Story (Original title: Capitalism: A Love Story ) in competition at the 66th Venice Film Festival premiere. The film deals with the financial crisis from 2007 and the US economy in transition between the end of the term of office of George W. Bush and the beginning of the term of office of Barack Obama.

Where to Invade Next

Where to Invade Next is a documentary in which Moore goes to other countries in the western hemisphere such as Finland , Italy , France and Portugal , where he investigates how social problems and questions can be solved differently than in the USA.

Michael Moore in TrumpLand

The 2016 documentary Michael Moore in TrumpLand premiered in New York City on October 18, 2016 , a few weeks before the 2016 US presidential election . The theme is the life and election campaign of the then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump .

Fahrenheit 11/9

Fahrenheit 11/9 was released in 2018 , the title of which is a reference to the film Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) and the 2016 election date . Moore deals with the election of Donald Trump as President of the USA .

Planet of the Humans

The documentary by Jeff Gibbs (producer Michael Moore) was released in 2019. He critically deals with regenerative energy projects in the USA and addresses the undeveloped awareness of the problem of the future of mankind. He particularly emphasizes processes such as biomass conversion, which are unsustainable due to the high demand for raw materials and the addition of fossil fuels , and includes the involvement of libertarian entrepreneurs such as Charles and David Koch . He attests to the environmental and climate protection movement that it has been deliberately corrupted by the timber industry and non-renewable energy producers, which can be seen in the related financial flows and personal entanglements.

Awards and nominations for film awards

TV Shows

TV Nation

In 1994 and 1995 Moore was the host and director of the TV Nation news show , in which unusual actions were a constitutive element. The aim was to show those things that are neglected by the usual TV formats. The first nine episodes appeared on NBC, the other eight on the conservative channel FOX .

Moore hired an ex- KGB agent for this program , tried to persuade a few British people to become Argentines (see Falklands War ), and drove to Russia to look for the nuclear missile aimed at his hometown. Moore had begging letters sent under the name of an employee and that of Jeffrey Dahmer , a serial killer , and the recipient of the letters donated more money to the criminal.

The show won several awards, including an Emmy in 1995 and the Bronze Rose of Montreux . Moore recorded the experiences on the show in the book Hurray America! firmly.

The awful truth

In 1999 and 2000, Moore produced and hosted two seasons of the political satire The Awful Truth , which the Los Angeles Times called "the smartest and funniest show on television ." Moore has been described as a "scandal maker, author and documentary filmmaker". This show also won several awards, including the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in the arts and entertainment category. She also received the Bronze Rose of Montreux for Versatility and two Emmy nominations. The German version was titled The Awful Truth - Michael Moore and the terrible truth about America! synchronized for the Austrian broadcaster ATV and included in the program.

As an actor

Music videos

Moore has directed several music clips, including Rage Against the Machine songs "Sleep Now in the Fire" and "Testify" . Here Moore took the opportunity to present his view of the two-party system in the United States and denounce George W. Bush. Moore was arrested while filming Sleep Now in the Fire because the band was playing live on Wall Street without a permit . Moore also staged videos for the bands REM (“All the way to Reno”) and System of a Down (“Boom”). The latter addresses the demonstrations against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .

Books

The books in German are published by Piper-Verlag .

Cross shots

Cross Shots is Michael Moore's first book that he wrote in 1996. In the American original it appeared under the title Downsize This! . This book was only published in German in 2003 after Moore's book Stupid White Men had also become a bestseller in Germany , ISBN 3-492-24251-0 .

The book mainly deals with the social coldness in the United States, the American two-party system, which is perceived as monotonous and whose parties hardly differed from one another, and the alleged greed of politicians and corporate bosses. For example, he describes how he founded several organizations and these would send checks to several presidential candidates to see who was greedy. He documents the supposed unscrupulousness of several corporate bosses on trading cards. He also suggests outsourcing the government to Mexico to cut costs, as corporations would, after all.

Hurray America!

Hurray America! Moore wrote in 1998 under the original title Adventures in a TV Nation . His wife, Kathleen Glynn, co-wrote this book. The book itself describes the adventures they experienced in the TV Nation program , ISBN 3-492-24560-9 .

Stupid White Men

His worldwide successful book Stupid White Men (2001), in a documentary-satirical style, is directed primarily against the political elite in the United States, the racism there and the social coldness diagnosed by Moore. Moore speaks of " electoral fraud " in connection with George W. Bush's first election as President of the United States . The book was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year , made it to number one on the bestseller charts in several countries and was voted "Book of the Year" in the UK ISBN 3-492-24127-1 .

Full cover, Mr. Bush

His fourth book, Full Cover, Mr. Bush (original title: Dude, Where's My Country? ), Was published in the United States in October 2003 and in Germany in mid-November 2003. Above all, it is a settlement with the war in Iraq led by George W. Bush. The book was number one on the US bestseller lists ISBN 3-492-24250-2 for six weeks .

Betrayed and sold - letters from the front

The 2004 published betrayed and sold - Letters from the Front (original title: Will They Ever Trust Us Again? ) Is Moore's fifth book. Herein published Moore, among others, addressed to him letters from soldiers in the Iraq war were deployed ISBN 3-492-24677-X .

Fahrenheit 9/11 - The Book

Michael Moore with his book Here Comes Trouble (2011)

Fahrenheit 9/11 - The book from the year 2004 (German subtitle All Facts - All Evidence - All Scenes ) contains the script and evidence for the film Fahrenheit 9/11 as well as reactions to and criticism and caricatures for the film ISBN 3-492-04736 -X .

Yes, we can - Mike's ultimate election guide

Moore's first book since 2004 (original title: Mike's Election Guide 2008 ) deals with the 2008 US presidential election . In his usual satirical way, Moore explains American society and the voting system ISBN 3-492-05298-3 .

Here Comes Trouble - My life as a ricochet

In the election year 2012 , another book was published after four years (original title: Here Comes Trouble. Stories from my Life. ). In it, Moore describes his rise to become a documentary filmmaker and controversial political satirist ISBN 978-3-492-04633-6 .

literature

  • Emily Schultz: The Making of Michael Moore. Henschel, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-89487-531-2 (biography).
  • Alexandra Hissen: Bowling for more than Columbine. Subjectivity and truthfulness in Michael Moore's films. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-88476-695-3 ( International film history. Volume 14).
  • Kay Sokolowsky : Michael Moore. Filmmaker, folk hero, public enemy. Konkret, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-89458-238-3 .
  • Jesse Larner: The Michael Moore Files. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-89602-687-3 .
  • Robert Misik : Ingenious on the other hand. Critical thinking from Marx to Michael Moore. Structure, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-351-02586-6 .
  • Verena Grünefeld: Documentary popular: Michael Moore and his representation of American society , Campus, Frankfurt / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-593-39167-0

Web links

Commons : Michael Moore  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b David Elliott: Moral outrage, humor make up Michael Moore's one-two punch , SignOnSanDiego. June 29, 2007. Retrieved June 30, 2007. 
  3. ^ Paul Harris: Michael Moore's anti-capitalist crusade , in: The Observer of October 11, 2009, accessed on August 7, 2012
  4. ^ Cockburn, Alexander: "Beat the Devil" In: The Nation. September 13, 1986, p. 198
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  6. ^ Official website for Slacker Uprising ( Memento of September 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 6, 2008
  7. ↑ My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote)… by Michael Moore. In: Mike's Letter. Michael Moore, April 21, 2008, archived from the original on December 20, 2013 ; accessed on October 10, 2010 (English).
  8. ↑ My Endorsement Of Bernie Sanders . In: MICHAEL MOORE . ( michaelmoore.com [accessed February 18, 2018]).
  9. ↑ Michael Moore gives speech at Liberty Plaza for 'Occupy Wall Street'. In: mlive.com, September 26, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011 . : "100 years from now people will remember that you came down to this plaza and started this movement."
  10. ↑ Mara Siegler: Michael Moore: Edward Snowden is 'an American hero' , in: pagesix.com from November 12, 2013, accessed on May 23, 2019 (English)
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  20. ↑ Peter Townshend attacks Michael Moore - and he is not the only one , in: Welt Online from July 23, 2004, accessed on August 8, 2012
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  26. ^ Verena Grünefeld: Documentary popular: Michael Moore and his representation of American society , page 105, Campus: Frankfurt / New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-593-39167-0
  27. ↑ Moore Says He Didn't Interview GM Head , in: Washington Post, June 17, 2007, accessed August 14, 2012
  28. ↑ Stern (magazine) : "He is a hypocrite" May 7, 2007
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personal data
SURNAME Moore, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moore, Michael Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, writer, and Oscar winner
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Flint , Michigan