Michael Moore to Debut New Film ‘Where to Invade Next’ [Watch]
Michael Moore has had a six-year hiatus from making his trademark documentaries about current issues in America. But with his new film, "Where to Invade Next," the director-writer-producer has scored a lot of interest and hype for the somewhat unknown project, according to Deadline.
Given controversial filmmaker's history with making documentaries from his left-wing perspective, fans may assume the film is about America's tendency to go to war with opposing factions across the world. But in this film, Moore has taken on a new approach and given the title an alternate meaning. During the filming process, he kept news on the film secretive and managed to debut it at the Tribeca Film Festival.
His main goal for the film was not to tell audiences what it was about but to give them a chance to see for themselves. He kept it a secret throughout the entire production process and when he did his TIFF intro, he veered away from the subject matter.
"I'm not going to say anything about this movie," Moore said. "We haven't said anything about it the whole time we were making it. We've been digging for something else in this movie and it is called the American soul."
Moore essentially filmed the entire movie abroad and went to places like Italy, France, Iceland, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and Tunisia.
He "invaded" them to plant the American flag, to see if the American Dream was alive in other countries. What he found was that not only were the essential elements of the American Dream alive, but they were prospering all too well.
For example, workers in Italy got several weeks of paid vacation and two hour lunch breaks. In most countries, health care has never been an issue, and everyone can see a doctor for their needs. Iceland is governed mostly by women, and in France, students were given gourmet meals for lunch.
As evidenced by the trailer for the film, it is more about him invading other countries to steal their ideas for better living. See it below.
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