Moore’s latest diatribe just hit theatres–in Tehran:
Cinemagoers in the Iranian capital were given their first glimpse of ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ this week, but appeared to enjoy more the rare chance to watch an American movie than its assault on their regime’s arch foe George W. Bush…”The authorities obviously gave the film the green light for political reasons, in that anything against the United States must be good,” quipped one of the hundreds of mainly young people who flocked to Tuesday night’s opening screening…”I love to see foreign films on the big screen, and I never miss Farhang cinema shows no matter what is on,” said Sima Gharavi, a 24-year-old dressed in a short bright blue coat rather than the more conservative all-black attire. But she hastened to complain that “out of all the films people would love to see, the authorities had to go for this one — just because this film is in line with the view of the Islamic regime.” And despite sporadic laughs here and there, most of Moore’s sardonic humour appeared to fall flat. The end of the film was also greeted with some half-hearted clapping….”It was just too political. I was bored from the middle, and I wished we had gone to see “Kill Bill” instead,” said one young man, referring to the trendy Quentin Tarantino flick also being shown. [“Fahrenheit 9/11′ gets ‘axis of evil’ premiere”, AFP]