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This isnt his smoothest film, but its his fullest and most original.
Its also his most urgent, which is really saying something.
Its one of the most urgent films ever made.
The thrust is that the United States of America is toast, or at least pretty close.
(His own brand wouldnt exist if he did.)
Thereby hangs his tale.
It must be said thatFahrenheit 11/9is something of a bait-and-switch.
It opens funny, if you might forget for a second the broader narrative.
Moore follows with a somewhat amusing but generally icky montage depicting Trumps lechery toward his daughter.
We get Flint because it illustrates one kind of malignant governance.
It went narrowly for Trump.
Thats ayuugepoint inFahrenheit 11/9.
Moore doesnt reiterate his support for Bernie Sanders here.
In a close election, the weeping and, more important, rage of Sanderss voters made a difference.
And dont get him started on the Electoral College, a holdover from an era of American aristocracy.
The next stop is Parkland, Florida.
Non-party journalists became enemies of the people.
Where are the Russians inFahrenheit 11/9?
Vladimir Putin shows up two or three times in passing.
What Robert Mueller will or wont do is of no concern to him, either.
Fuck hope, he said.
The new word is action.
After the world premiere screening, April Cook-Hawkins came onstage to a standing ovation.
So did David Hogg and several of his peers, to an even longer one.
But this is Canada, you say, the northernmost coordinate of this administrations new Axis of Evil.
(Bring a barf bag.)
I have a question for you guys, said Moore on the Toronto stage.
Whos ready to save America?
Yes, hes a bit of a blowhard, but the air is blowing hard in the right direction.
you gotta see this film.
