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The Degeneration of American Political Culture and the Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11

The Degeneration of American Political Culture and the Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11 The Forum Volume 2, Issue 3 2004 Article 10 The Degeneration of American Political Culture and the Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11 Eric Langenbacher , Georgetown University Recommended Citation: Langenbacher , Eric (2004) "The Degeneration of American Political Culture and the Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11," The Forum: Vol. 2: Iss. 3, Article 10. DOI: 10.2202/1540-8884.1050 ©2004 by the authors. All rights reserved. Langenbacher : Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11 1 Michael Moore’s explosive new non-fiction film, Fahrenheit 9/11, deserves its substantial box office success and widespread critical acclaim because it is an important document of our current political culture. Nevertheless, it is important in troubling and even dangerous ways—exemplifying the almost complete degeneration of the documentary genre into propaganda and, more generally, revealing the extreme polarization of American political culture into two mutually exclusive camps obsessed with their own verities despite evidence to the contrary. Ironically, Moore engages in exactly the same stretching and distortion of the truth that he attacks in the Bush administration. From a purely aesthetic perspective Fahrenheit 911 is flawed. It drags excessively in places and engages in tedious ad hominen attacks. Like many of Moore’s previous films (Roger and Me, Bowling for Columbine), http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Forum de Gruyter

The Degeneration of American Political Culture and the Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11

The Forum , Volume 2 (3): 1 – Oct 5, 2004

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The Forum Volume 2, Issue 3 2004 Article 10 The Degeneration of American Political Culture and the Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11 Eric Langenbacher , Georgetown University Recommended Citation: Langenbacher , Eric (2004) "The Degeneration of American Political Culture and the Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11," The Forum: Vol. 2: Iss. 3, Article 10. DOI: 10.2202/1540-8884.1050 ©2004 by the authors. All rights reserved. Langenbacher : Documentary Film in Fahrenheit 9/11 1 Michael Moore’s explosive new non-fiction film, Fahrenheit 9/11, deserves its substantial box office success and widespread critical acclaim because it is an important document of our current political culture. Nevertheless, it is important in troubling and even dangerous ways—exemplifying the almost complete degeneration of the documentary genre into propaganda and, more generally, revealing the extreme polarization of American political culture into two mutually exclusive camps obsessed with their own verities despite evidence to the contrary. Ironically, Moore engages in exactly the same stretching and distortion of the truth that he attacks in the Bush administration. From a purely aesthetic perspective Fahrenheit 911 is flawed. It drags excessively in places and engages in tedious ad hominen attacks. Like many of Moore’s previous films (Roger and Me, Bowling for Columbine),

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Published: Oct 5, 2004

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