American filmmaker was admitted in intensive care unit, forcing it to stop promoting his upcoming documentary, Where to Invade Next . Forced to take a rest, it is not sat idly either.
Michael Moore is on all fronts. At the risk of doing too much and let his health there. Sunday 31 January, the American director was hospitalized in an intensive care unit in New York, as he explained on his Facebook account Friday, February 5. In full promotion of his next documentary Where to Invade Next , the filmmaker – winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Bowling for Columbine (2003) – had s’ interrupt to receive a series of treatments.
Michael Moore put his disease on account of fatigue. “Between running the world promoting my new film ( Where to Invade Next ), go to Flint to help people in my hometown, bound to support meetings to Senator Bernie Sanders [candidate Democrat in the White House, Ed] and do a dozen other things …, “the filmmaker explains that he has been overwhelmed.
Michael Moore on the poster of his film Where to Invade Next Photo Credits: DR
A promoting proxy
the director of Fahrenheit 911 , Palme d’or at Cannes in 2004, is nevertheless reassuring: “Let’s say things n ‘ were not well Sunday night. But thanks to good doctors, decent food in the hospital and a second quarter Obamacare [new health insurance system from President Barack Obama, Ed] , I am much better. ” It was so out Friday night.
However, banning flying back and continue promoting the film at the moment. “This great film in which I put as my life goes out to the movies, and I can not help it,” he shared with a big touch of bitterness.
Not enough to give up either. From his hospital room, it continues to invest in the projects he cherishes. Still in her Facebook message, it has called all those who had asked if they could bring it aid to promote the film in place. “Did I ask you to form a kind of” army “in the field to promote this film, where you live (and social network)?”, He asked his fans on Facebook and Twitter.
A short film online since his hospital bed
This is not all. Bedridden for a week, Michael Moore also took the opportunity to complete a short film of 6 minutes with the help of his editor Pablo Proenza. Titled They Do not Care About Us , the film depicts the sad reality of the people of Flint, birthplace of the director, where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line. It exposes the health problems of the city (contaminated water) it puts on behalf of the governor of Michigan, while intersecting the image clip excerpts from Michael Jackson.
Where to Invade Next , his next film, due out in the US on February 12. French No release date is known for the moment. In this film, Michael Moore starts again on stage, this time in the role of a conqueror who likes to invade the world by planting the American flag wherever he goes. One way to provoke debate in his own way on the military interventions of the United States abroad.
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