Michael Glawogger does for documentary film what Ryszard Kapuściński did for journalism: He reinvents it as something immersive, meditative, and poetic. His films
condense themes of staggering complexity—economics, labor, sex—into
meticulous vignettes of everyday life. Although he has occasionally been
derided for aestheticizing poverty, there's little doubt that his
audacious style is compelling. Nobody who has seen Megacities,
his 1998 film about globalization, can forget those feverish New York
City scenes of a hustler shooting dope and robbing his john at
knifepoint, just as nobody who has watched Workingman's Death (2005), his portrait of contemporary physical labor, can shake its images of a Nigerian slaughterhouse awash in blood.
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Michael Glawogger's "Whores' Glory"
Michael Glawogger does for documentary film what Ryszard Kapuściński did for journalism: He reinvents it as something immersive, meditative, and poetic. His films
condense themes of staggering complexity—economics, labor, sex—into
meticulous vignettes of everyday life. Although he has occasionally been
derided for aestheticizing poverty, there's little doubt that his
audacious style is compelling. Nobody who has seen Megacities,
his 1998 film about globalization, can forget those feverish New York
City scenes of a hustler shooting dope and robbing his john at
knifepoint, just as nobody who has watched Workingman's Death (2005), his portrait of contemporary physical labor, can shake its images of a Nigerian slaughterhouse awash in blood.Will You Help Me With My Next Film? ...a request from Michael Moore
by Michael Moore Wed Feb 11, 2009 at 03:26:13 AM PST
Friends,
I am in the middle of shooting my next movie and I am looking for a few brave people who work on Wall Street or in the financial industry to come forward and share with me what they know. Based on those who have already contacted me, I believe there are a number of you who know "the real deal" about the abuses that have been happening. You have information that the American people need to hear. I am humbly asking you for a moment of courage, to be a hero and help me expose the biggest swindle in American history.
Read on...
Michael Moore is making a new film. Crime on Wall Street. Can you help him? Tom
Friends,
I am in the middle of shooting my next movie and I am looking for a few brave people who work on Wall Street or in the financial industry to come forward and share with me what they know. Based on those who have already contacted me, I believe there are a number of you who know "the real deal" about the abuses that have been happening. You have information that the American people need to hear. I am humbly asking you for a moment of courage, to be a hero and help me expose the biggest swindle in American history.
Read on...
Michael Moore is making a new film. Crime on Wall Street. Can you help him? Tom
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