Michael Moore has always been a big hero of mine! I admire very much, his strategic orchestration of that difficult balance of getting a serious, timely and urgent message across while still providing an engaging, entertaining and well-structured story.
I saw this when it was in the theatre, but forgot how wonderful the opening sequence is that shifts between Rome and the U.S. In my first scripts for the Detroit Green City documentary I wanted to do something like this, exploring comparisons between Detroit and Rome in architecture and city planning, mostly through the story of Augustus Woodward's fascination with Rome in imagining the shape of Detroit after the 1805 fire. I mean the guy even had his name changed!
Anyways, there are so many wonderful themes and approaches to explore around these ideas here, and it's always fun to watch a master storyteller pull it off so "effortlessly." Thanks for posting Jim, it was fun to watch it in a new light and context!
Michael Moore has always been a big hero of mine! I admire very much, his strategic orchestration of that difficult balance of getting a serious, timely and urgent message across while still providing an engaging, entertaining and well-structured story.
ReplyDeleteI saw this when it was in the theatre, but forgot how wonderful the opening sequence is that shifts between Rome and the U.S. In my first scripts for the Detroit Green City documentary I wanted to do something like this, exploring comparisons between Detroit and Rome in architecture and city planning, mostly through the story of Augustus Woodward's fascination with Rome in imagining the shape of Detroit after the 1805 fire. I mean the guy even had his name changed!
Anyways, there are so many wonderful themes and approaches to explore around these ideas here, and it's always fun to watch a master storyteller pull it off so "effortlessly." Thanks for posting Jim, it was fun to watch it in a new light and context!