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In assailing the president's war, Michael Moore stokes the facts to make his point

The unmaking of the president: Scathing examination of George W. Bush's ties to the bin Laden family, the agenda behind the Iraq war, the dubious handling of 9/11 and, subtextually, November's election. Somewhat unfocused and inclined to cheap laughs, but important, no matter which side you're on. Written and directed by Michael Moore. 1:52 (vulgarity, war). Opening at Loew's Village VII, Third Avenue at 11th Street and Lincoln Plaza, Broadway and 63rd Street, Manhattan. Opening wide on Friday.

The first step to becoming a successful American populist, as the word is commonly understood, is purging your repertoire of subtlety and ambivalence and stooping enthusiastically to the masses. The second, history has told us, is hiding that instinct for demagoguery that lurks within the populist soul.

What do George W. Bush and Michael Moore have in common? More than one might think, given the furor that has erupted over Moore's new film, "Fahrenheit 9/11" - which is, in many ways, a passionate, clearly articulated, if sloppily structured indictment of the president, his ties to the bin Laden family, his relentless push for war in Iraq and, as portrayed by Moore, an ineptitude bordering on the criminal.



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