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Millionaire Filmmaker Michael Moore: ‘Capitalism Did Nothing For Me’
Thursday, October 01, 2009
By Nicholas Ballasy, Video Reporter



(CNSNews.com) -- Documentary film director Michael Moore, who has become a millionaire thanks to the profits from his movies, told CNSNews.com that “capitalism did nothing” for him.

CNSNews.com spoke with Moore on the red carpet at the Uptown Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night before the premiere of his upcoming documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story."

CNSNews.com asked: “Critics may say, when they see this movie, Michael Moore has amassed a fortune of over $50 million, some have said and –”

Moore said: “Really? Are you kidding me? Seriously? Wow. Where did it go?”

CNSNews.com then asked Moore: “Critics would say he’s [Moore] been very successful under a capitalist system. How would you justify making a movie where you paint capitalism as evil?”

Moore said: “Well, capitalism did nothing for me, starting with my first film.”



“You know, I had to pretty much beg, borrow and steal,” he said. “The system is not set up to help somebody from the working class make a movie like this and get the truth out there.”

“In fact, in Fahrenheit 9/11 if you remember, capitalism, the Disney Corporation, tried to kill that film--tried to make it so that people couldn’t see it,” said Moore. “My book Stupid White Men--Harper Collins tried to kill that book so that people couldn’t see it. It's only because I put the light of day on it and told people what was going on did people get the chance to see these things.”

According to Fortune Magazine, Moore’s films have grossed over $300 million worldwide. His highest grossing film was “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which critiques the Bush administration’s handling of the war in Iraq and earned over $200 million worldwide.

Moore reportedly was paid $21 million by Disney for producing, directing and creating the film.

Moore also earned 50 percent of the profits of his 2007 film “Sicko,” totaling $25 million plus DVD sales, according to Vanity Fair.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Moore would receive all of the profits made from DVD sales of “Sicko,” sales of which have been estimated at over $17 million.

“Look, you know, I mean, I make documentary films,” said Moore. “So, clearly, I’m not loaded in the way you described. But I do well, obviously because my films do well.”

“So, that means I have an extra responsibility to make sure I spend my time trying to make things better for the people that don’t have what I have, right? I mean, everybody should do that,” he said.

Moore’s newest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story” opens in theaters October 2.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54833

Gee..he had to fight with people to put his product out...this never happens in capitalism...what a complete bonehead.

He got his product in front of the public...and he made money! He has therefore engaged in a successful capitalist venture.

I wonder why this guy is so incredibly bitter at our economic system and our form of government--this must have happened when he was a young sprout. It seems to have clouded all his reasoning. It's not enough for him to hate our current system and leave the country for his supposed paradise...Cuba....he wants to tear down what we've all built.

I'm surpirsed BO hasn't signed him up as minister of propaganda in a formal ceremony. They are IDENTICAL in ideology.

(10-02-2009 07:01 AM)converrl Wrote: [ -> ]I wonder why this guy is so incredibly bitter at our economic system and our form of government--this must have happened when he was a young sprout. It seems to have clouded all his reasoning. It's not enough for him to hate our current system and leave the country for his supposed paradise...Cuba....he wants to tear down what we've all built.

His first documentary, Roger & Me, explains where that bitterness comes from.

As a capitalist I choose to not spend a dime where any portion of it would go to Mr. Moore.

I know a couple who are his neighbors. The guy lives even higher on the hog than his giant fat a*s looks like he does. The whole anti-capitalist is all a convenient act. He's a huge capitalist. He's all about the money.
The other thing is that his movies are more mockumentary than documentary. He plays so fast and loose with the truth and selective editing, that only the dimmest bulbs would rely on his films as truth of anything other than an example of...well...capitalism.

(10-02-2009 08:41 AM)Murph29 Wrote: [ -> ]I know a couple who are his neighbors. The guy lives even higher on the hog than his giant fat a*s looks like he does. The whole anti-capitalist is all a convenient act. He's a huge capitalist. He's all about the money.
The other thing is that his movies are more mockumentary than documentary. He plays so fast and loose with the truth and selective editing, that only the dimmest bulbs would rely on his films as truth of anything other than an example of...well...capitalism.

Moore could easily partially subsidize the cost for theatres to run his film. That way his "documentaries" could be seen for free or at a very reduced rate for the masses.

But he doesn't.

He's catching heat for using Non-Union stagehands in the making of the film... LOL

that fat tub of goo should move to havana, donate his millions to the cubans, and rely on their excellent health care professionals to save him when he has his first heart attack.

Are you all trying to imply that the great Michael Moore is a hypocrite? No friggin way!!!

(10-02-2009 02:56 PM)gruehls Wrote: [ -> ]fat tub of goo

Great description. I once heard Marlon Brando say that to Slim Pickens in the great 1961 movie "One Eyed Jacks".

(10-02-2009 03:44 PM)chatcat Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-02-2009 02:56 PM)gruehls Wrote: [ -> ]fat tub of goo

Great description. I once heard Marlon Brando say that to Slim Pickens in the great 1961 movie "One Eyed Jacks".

i confess; that's where i heard it too.

how about "Get up you gob of spit" from the same flick?

(10-02-2009 05:17 PM)gruehls Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-02-2009 03:44 PM)chatcat Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-02-2009 02:56 PM)gruehls Wrote: [ -> ]fat tub of goo

Great description. I once heard Marlon Brando say that to Slim Pickens in the great 1961 movie "One Eyed Jacks".

i confess; that's where i heard it too.

how about "Get up you gob of spit" from the same flick?

EXCELLENT.

(10-02-2009 05:17 PM)gruehls Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-02-2009 03:44 PM)chatcat Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-02-2009 02:56 PM)gruehls Wrote: [ -> ]fat tub of goo

Great description. I once heard Marlon Brando say that to Slim Pickens in the great 1961 movie "One Eyed Jacks".

i confess; that's where i heard it too.

how about "Get up you gob of spit" from the same flick?

I'm too young to remember that.

I thought "Bowling for Columbine" had some compelling moments. But the fact he not only included the ambush of a demented Heston but used it as a climactic scene shows he is without a (bleeding) heart.