{"id":1676,"date":"2016-01-15T17:13:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T17:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/dev\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2018-09-13T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T17:28:11","slug":"where-to-invade-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/where-to-invade-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Where To Invade Next"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michel Moore creating a film that\u2019s a love letter to America? That\u2019s what this is, believe it or not. The controversial Director\/Producer (first movie in 6 years) did not shoot a frame of film in the U.S. for this documentary even though it\u2019s all about America. Moore\u2019s mission is to show how countries around the world are using our principles and those of our forefathers better than we are. And he told us at the Chicago International Film Festival, winning the Founders and Audience Award there, that he loves America and made this film to say that he thinks we can do better.\u00a0Click for our interview<\/a><\/p>\n

We asked Moore at the Festival about how he work. We know he has a staff that does extensive research but found out that he doesn\u2019t read it before shooting his interviews. True? He was emphatic. He doesn\u2019t like to go into an interview knowing or expecting what his subjects will say. \u201c I don\u2019t want to know because I want the reaction that I have to finding things out to be real. You see me get gobsmacked, you know, in the film. I really am hearing that for the first time. And I can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m hearing. I think that\u2019s better than me already knowing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He wants it to be spontaneous and never does a retake. \u201cNo, no it doesn\u2019t work\u2026\u2026We either get it the first time or we don\u2019t get it.\u201d He says if you do something over, the subject starts acting and you can tell it\u2019s fake.<\/p>\n

We also asked if he put all the countries he visited into the film and he admitted he did not. Some places he couldn’t visit because of the budget. There were three he did get to but didn\u2019t put in the film. Estonia, Austria and Canada. He told us, \u201cThey didn\u2019t make the cut\u2026.Sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

He asks a couple in Italy about how they work and how much vacation they get. You\u2019ll be astounded by the time they get to live as well as work and how happy their employers are to give it to them. And better working conditions in Germany.<\/p>\n

The Penal system in Norway has murderers working in the kitchen with knives and guards without guns not worried about it a bit! Prisoners move freely about in this maximum security institution but without cells, violence, and the busiest place is the library!<\/p>\n

Moore shows French school children what American kids eat for lunch as opposed to the three course meal every French child gets from a real chef each day. He starts spouting elementary French to these kids and their reaction is hilarious. And it\u2019s even funnier when he puts a bottle of Coke on the table. They were horrified. The interaction is adorable.<\/p>\n

Kids in Finland also have no standardized tests, no private schools, but they all of the schools deliver the same quality of education, plus, no homework. Parents here would like that as much as the kids.<\/p>\n

And what about higher education? He talks to students at universities in Slovenia who don\u2019t even know what tuition is because it\u2019s free! And American students can go there, too! What a concept. And there\u2019s more. Women are treated equally in Tunisia, no punishment for drugs in Portugal<\/p>\n

While meeting with people and officials of even\u00a0more<\/span>\u00a0countries, Moore plants an American Flag to show that the principles we cherish are alive and well somewhere, but not in America.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Is this worth your bucks? Moore is very engaging, and even playful, narrating his journey without being biting and a turn off. We found it to be a funny travelogue showing us how different life could be if we followed our own principles. He\u2019s not saying any country is a Utopia, but he\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0saying that when you see how others can live with less stress about work, vacations, education and health care, quality of life can significantly improve. After seeing this well-done doc, you may be ready to invade to take back American values and ideals. We are.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dog Eat Dog Films\u00a0\u00a0110 Minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Documentary R for language\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reviewed January 15, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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