Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Mooreis an American documentary filmmaker and author. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush and the War on Terror, which is the highest-grossing documentary at the American boxoffice of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or. His film Bowling for Columbine, which examines the causes of the Columbine High School massacre, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 April 1954
CityFlint, MI
CountryUnited States of America
Documentaries are a form of journalism.
The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich.
Well, "The Washington post" three weeks ago had this investigation and they said that President Obama has now raised more money from Wall Street and the banks for this election cycle than all - than all eight Republicans combined. I don't want to say that, because if that's the truth, that Wall Street already has their man and his name is Barack Obama, then we've got a much bigger problem.
If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.
I rallied against Clinton when he was in office. I didn't vote for him in '96. I didn't vote for Gore in 2000.
I'm very blessed and fortunate that people want to go see my movies.
I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.
I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person.
I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.
I'm a religious fanatic? Yes, I am, actually.
I'm not a proselytizer. I was raised Catholic. I am a Catholic.
I'm not a pundit. I'm not an analyst.
If you're white, and you really want to help change things, why not start with yourself?
In some states, you can vote a straight party ticket, but you can't vote for individual candidates.