Roger and me is one of those documentaries that have had a significant impact on american citizens. Filmweb is an online database of information related to films, television series, actors and film crew personnel. Apr 09, 20 dont get me wrong, roger had every right to dislike, or even hate, this movie. Roger moore vil for alltid bli husket som sean connerys etterfolger i rollen som james bond. Roger and me in part two of his hollywood recollections, author brian aldiss recalls cherished but illfated projects and the master of exploitation, roger corman thu 1 jul 1999 20. Gm could fault this film as an attack on its policies but the film traverses beyond the boardroom antics of the company and into the real life effects of its decisions. Roger smith and general motors are good at that kind of talk. Steven soderberghs film tells an important story about the exploitation of innocent. The film is produced by mendes and pippa harris coexecutive producer, revolutionary road.
Stuck on you is the new movie by the farrelly brothers, who have earlier dealt with schizophrenics me, myself and irene, fat people. Michael moores film is intelligent, funny, indepth, and touching, all executed with a gripping handson approach to the material that helps engage the audience more than youre standard talking. Feb 05, 2011 roger and me is a documentary film by micheal moore about the affects of the closing of the gm plants on the town of flint, michigan. I am defining dialectics as being the systematic analysis of the tension, inconsistencies, interconnections, and or contradictions between opposites. Fortunately, you can now watch the laundromat the film that mossack and. Dont get me wrong, roger had every right to dislike, or even hate, this movie. Ronald reagan ronald reagan znakomity aktor, politykgubernator kalifornii oraz prezydent usa. Id never met the guy, no contact with him whatever, this was a number of years ago. Michael moore talks about roger and me and more at um. Segals prose style is so revoltingly coy sort of a cross between a parody of hemingway and the. Moore portrays the regional economic impact of general motors ceo roger smiths action of closing several auto plants in his hometown of flint, michigan, reducing gms employees in that area from 80,000 in 1978 to about 50,000 in 1992.
Flint was birthplace and former home to general motors before roger smith, ceo of gm, decided to save money by closing down the factories. Moore is the center of the narrative, even though he is speaking on behalf of his fellow flintians. In this breakthrough film, which put the future academy award winner on the map, moore takes up the case of his hometown, flint, michigan, a city suckerpunched by the american dream. On a larger scale the film presents an allegorical view of corporate america, and a damning critique of a system which allows any corporation in this case general motors to turn. Netflixs new documentary provides a thorough history of the sinister forrest. The rabbit fights back before and during the early part of the beating.
Armed with a razorsharp wit, compassion and more than a little chutzpah, moore offers his perceptions of what went wrong in flint, and chronicles his muchthwarted efforts to meet facetoface. Roger and me roger and me research papers delve into a documentary film by michael moore about the effect that the gm plant closings had on his hometown and the community. The film roger and me, by michael moore, shows how and why our society is critically flawed. Universal pictures will release the film domestically in limited release on. Roger webb was born on april 7, 1934 in bristol, england. In the movies single most haunting image, smith addresses a gm christmas television hookup, reading from a christmas carol while moore shows deputies evicting a jobless gm worker and throwing his christmas tree in the gutter. He walks in, he sees me, and he goes, ok, ok, dont. Roger and me follows moores firstperson adventures as he tries to track down smith in order to get some simple answers as to why flint is suffering. Roger i ja 1989 dokument o zamknieciu zakladow general motors w miescie flint michigan, usa, gdzie prace utracilo 30000 osob. Utrzymany w tonie komedii opowiada o losach mieszkancow rodzinnego miasta rezysera flint.
Finally, the roger and me script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the michael moore movie. Apr 04, 20 roger smith and general motors are good at that kind of talk. Roger corman studiowal inzynierie w leland stanford university i literature w oxfordzie. Twenty five years later, he provides a commentary about his film. Synopsis roger and me is the story of flint, michigan, an industrial town facing decline when 35,000 of the towns 150,000 residents lose their jobs. Prevalent throughout the film is sheriffs deputy fred ross, who worked at a flint gm plant for 17 years before accepting. It is a polishlanguage site, and the largest polish film database. As far as structure goes, roger and me is similar to the academy award winning columbine. Fred mcfeely rogers summered in a modest, gray, shake shingled house on the edge of nantucket. On unsuccessfully, at first, goading roger ebert to forgo the telluride film festivals opening night gala to instead see the premiere screening of roger and me. Documentary films are sometimes the poor relation in the motion picture industry.
I was so put off by erich segals writing style, in fact, that i hardly wanted to see the movie at all. Get me roger stone is a 2017 american documentary film written and directed by dylan bank, daniel dimauro and morgan pehme. Since 2011, the database also contains video games. At the centre of the film were moores inyourface efforts to gain an. I read love story one morning in about fourteen minutes flat, out of simple curiosity. Roger barton began working in editorial on documentaries and madefortv movies including the emmy awardwinning indictment. Faced with the economic downfall of his community, the journalist picked up a microphone and dedicated his time to tracking down the man he held responsible gm ceo roger smith. Micheal moore began his film by giving a history of flint and the gm plants as well as his history with flint. Documentary film roger and me 845 words essay example. He is known for his work on southland tales 2006, boogie nights 1997 and awake 2007.
I am defining dialectics as being the systematic analysis of the tension, inconsistencies, interconnections, andor contradictions between opposites. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous sunday morning in 1941. With charlize theron, nicole kidman, margot robbie, john lithgow. Roger and me chronicles michael moores long quest to confront smith with the human consequences of his business decisions on moores hometown of flint, michigan, where gm eliminated 30,000 jobs.
The groundbreaking documentary chronicled the efforts of the worlds largest corporation, general motors, as it turns its hometown of flint, michigan, into a ghost town. Michael moores use of expository and interactive modes in. I hated the scene where a woman skins and kills a rabbit. Feb 01, 1990 roger and me,in their view, is thus biased and misleading. Reagan ukonczyl w dixon nauki spoleczne, ekonomie i teatrologie. The film explores the life and career of republican political strategist and lobbyist roger stone, a longtime advisor to donald trump. Jego filmowa kariera zaczela sie od posady gonca w. The action spans three years as moore camera team in tow tracks gm chairman roger smith in order to confront him with the human consequences of. On a larger scale the film presents an allegorical view of corporate america, and a damning critique of a system which. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Moores detractors are saying, in a sense, is that the very qualities that made the film successful.
Filmografia, nagrody, biografia, wiadomosci, ciekawostki. Michael moore michael moore to rezyser przelomowego filmu pt. With ben affleck, kate beckinsale, josh hartnett, william lee scott. This decision allows for an economical downpour in the city, and blue collar workers lose their jobs. Roger and me is a documentary film by micheal moore about the affects of the closing of the gm plants on the town of flint, michigan. Twenty five years later, michael moore is still at it with his documentaries ranging on issues such as gun control, iraq war, elections, american health. Roger and me script transcript from the screenplay and. A group of women take on fox news head roger ailes and the. Information about michael moores movies where to invade next, capitalism. This is a personal, sad and sometimes funny documentary in which michael moore tells the story of how his home town of flint, michigan and its inhabitants have suffered. At the same time, a controversy is developing over the role of one of the members of the academys documentary.
Moore briefly reexamines the economic collapse of flint and. Moore seems to attack gms policies solely from a socialist point of. I wanted to discover why five and a half million people had actually bought it. Here are five of the notorious documentarians films to stream right now. The deep chasm between the haves and havenots opens wide in 1989s roger and me, michael moores hilariously scathing documentary. This unhappy person had effected such a transformation, by developing himself, for seven years, to the constant analysis of a heart full of torture, and deriving his fuel to those fiery tortures which he analyzed and gloated over. The film was the first and to date, only adaptation of roger l. Moore uses dialects, through the medium of film, to show the true face of the reality we call capitalism. Five minutes before the film starts, i look out the window in the lobby, and waddling down the street is roger ebert. Micheal moore began his film by giving a history of flint and the gm plants as well as his history with. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of roger and me.