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Manufacturing Dissent

 

Canada 2007, 97 minutes
Dir. Debbie Melnyck, Rick Caine
Genres: Documentary

Topics: Media, Politics.

 

Aroview: Not just another debunking of Michael Moore, this thoughtful, well-considered essay on the left winger’s political documentaries exposes filmmaking shortcuts, and the duplicity behind his hand grenade polemics.

Never imbalanced in their plan of attack, directors Melnyk and Caine politely hound Moore for an elusive face-to-face interview, mimicking the documentarian’s own pursuit of answers in ROGER AND ME, and uncovering a succession of awful truths along the way. While Moore’s artful dodging leaves the film without a final exclamation mark, its evaluation remains firm, fair, and grounded where other hysterical conspiracy theorists have tended to fly off the rails.

NZ International Film Festival 2007

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