Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story Trailer Arrives

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 21, 2009

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Overture Films has released the first trailer for Capitalism: A Love Story, the latest documentary from the king of shock-docs himself, Michael Moore. In his latest work, Moore takes on the United States’ greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, one that we are still struggling with at this very moment. And as always, he’s doing it with his own special brand of bravado.

Such is the reason why even though I enjoy and can engage with Michael Moore’s movies, I strongly dislike trailers for Michael Moore’s movies. As you can see in the trailer for Capitalism below, much of the substance is stripped away and the trailer becomes a clip reel of Moore’s shock-gags. I have no doubt that his movie will address the issues at hand, but at this point it appears that he’s just trying to perform a citizen’s arrest on the heads of AIG. As with Sicko, his last work, the trailer looks exciting and funny, but it doesn’t even scratch the surface of what Moore is trying to say in his movie. Which may be a good thing, depending on how you look at it.

Alas, I will leave you to formulate your own opinions once you’ve watched the trailer below. Capitalism: A Love Story hits theaters on September 6, 2009.


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  • Cole_Abaius
    Not a bad trailer...looks pretty much exactly like what you'd expect from Michael Moore. Which is why I'm worried that the movie will be more ambush-style stuff that makes people look like idiots in the heat of the moment without really illuminating anything about the issue.

    Although it did look like that one guy was going to advocate that a citizen army rise up to take on the powers that be. Little extra drama. Good times.

    I'm pretty sure the main point of this film will be support for returning back to shells as currency and the barter system.
  • There used to a be a bunch of old dudes who were pretty grumpy with the Government. Turns out their leaders weren't listening to them and were just passing laws and taxes without caring about the will of the people. Then those bastards went ahead, got some guns, and overthrew the government. Yes, this is one of those American Revolution analogies. And while I'm not advocating the violent overthrow of the US government, there's a precedent for it. Check out Penn & Teller's Bullshit episode on Guns. ;)

    Moore would only endorse the shells and barter system if we all had an equal amount of shells. Except for documentarians, because they need more shells to do their work. blahblah blah. I'm even boring myself.

    Trailer looks like all of his movies. Not interested, will watch on DVD. He makes "shock-docs" because its shocking how one considers them documentaries - unless what they're really documenting is how big of a douche bag one can be.
  • Aleric
    Two words for Michael Moore

    SCUM BAG
  • tmccar20
    Yes, badgering security guards on Wall Street will solve all our problems. I hope he at least talks to one person at the top of these companies.
  • silent_jay
    @ALERIC

    *WHY* is he a scumbag?
  • Aleric
    Moore is a Scum Bag because he lies and distorts what people say to him during interviews while claiming he is the white knight there to rescue whatever cause he is trying to make money from. If he did these works and donated the proceedings to charity or even tried to change the situations for the better he might have a case, but he has never helped one person that didn't benefit himslef in some way. He talks about the evils of capitalism while using those same tools to make money and buy himself mansions.
  • stockshock
    Where is the coverage for the other documentary called Stock Shock

    Stock Shock
    " The Short Selling of the American Dream "

    www.stockshockmovie.com

    www.twitter.com/stockshockmovie

    This movie is also about Wall Street Law Changes that cripples this country financially due to Greed and coruption.

    Richard Keane, narrator Stock Shock
  • stockshock
    Where is the coverage for the other documentary called Stock Shock

    Stock Shock
    " The Short Selling of the American Dream "

    www.stockshockmovie.com

    www.twitter.com/stockshockmovie

    This movie is also about Wall Street Law Changes that cripples this country financially due to Greed and coruption.

    Richard Keane, narrator Stock Shock
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