ok Possum a couple of points on your posts. First of all being a filmmaker IS a real job. Do you think Steven Speliburg should get a real job? George Lucas? James Cameron? Because he does the same sort of thing that they do, only he deals in reality while the other filmmakers tend to delve more into fiction.
And dealing with your points on him going to different countries and talking about America he had this to say in Entertainment Weekly.
EW: The hard right likes to call you a "traitor" or "anti-American". I think a lot of it comes from the fact that you say these things overseas that can be pretty harsh about your countrymen. Like when you spoke to a British audience and referred to "this country of mine, which is known for bringing sadness and misery to places around the globe."
MM:I say the same thing here. Most of us know that for a country that has such incredible ideals, we have not lived up to them in many ways. THe patriotic thing to do is to aspire to (make) this country the one that our founding fathers thought it should be. Anybody who works hard to do that, wheter they're conservative or liberal , is doing the work of a ture American. I would never call anyone on their side unpatriotic or traitorous.
As for him calling the president out on things..
EW: ever worry about your tone? I mean this guy IS the president.
MM: I understand what you're saying. He IS the president of the United States. Look, heres a good example of how I feel about this . A couple of weeks ago, out here on Broadway, a guy comes up to me and says, "I'm a Navy surgeon. And I was on a ship off Iraq the night you made your speech at the Oscars and I was very angry at you. I remember yelling with the others at the screen. Now I just want to apologize. You were right. You were telling the truth." And I said, Listen , you don't owe me any apology. Apologize for what? That you believed your Commander-in-Chief? That you believed the President of the United States? Why should you feel bad? You SHOULD believe the President, because if we can't believe our President, we're in deep trouble. You don't have to aplogize for anything, In fact, I want to thank you for offering to risk your life to defend us and I think it would make the founding fathers proud to see the country still survives in their first belief, that's why it's their First Amendement, that somebody has the ability to express themselves and criticize the top guy. That's the country they created.
I really respected him after reading that interview (theres quite more to it, I just put in the things that dealt with what you were saying), I really understood his side more. I didn't like him at first, but I really have come to. |