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Politics : Fahrenheit 9/11: Michael Moore's Masterpiece -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JeffA who wrote (199)	6/23/2004 9:30:21 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 2772

<<...How will it affect an election?...>> Message 20245789 <<...''Political controversy does not help the opening of most films,'' says Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co., a box-office tracking firm. ``But with Fahrenheit 9/11, you have a film that is purely a product of its time, and in an election year, could become very popular. You've got a situation like we had with The Passion of the Christ. We know it's going to be big; we just don't know how big.'' But can ticket sales translate into votes? Ronald Brownstein, a political columnist for The Los Angeles Times and author of The Power and the Glitter: The Hollywood-Washington Connection, says that in a typical election year, Moore wouldn't be much of a factor. ''As a propagandist, Moore is more of a mobilizer than a persuader,'' Brownstein said. ``He has made himself into such an ideological figure, he has a self-selected audience. So the ability of his movie to affect a race is going to be pretty limited.'' But with polls placing the presidential race at a dead heat, Brownstein thinks Moore could play a role after all. ''If the election stays as close as it is, then everything matters,'' Brownstein said. ``If you look at who is undecided in this election, they tend to be less attuned to politics and the conventional news sources. By being covered on E! and Entertainment Tonight, Michael Moore is going to reach people who are not watching ads from Bush and Kerry on CNN.''...>>