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Thursday, May 27, 2004

Michael Moore Interviewed Nick Berg

Michael Moore interviewed, or at the very least is in possession of an interview, with Nick Berg before he left for Iraq (via Ace 'o Spades).

Salon - Filmmaker Michael Moore filmed an interview with American Nicholas Berg in the course of producing his documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" before Berg left for Iraq, where he was taken hostage and killed, Moore confirmed to Salon in a statement Thursday. The 20 minutes of footage does not appear in the final version of "Fahrenheit 911," according to the statement.

Word of the footage reached Salon through a source unaffiliated with Moore or his film "Fahrenheit 9/11"...

In a statement released to Salon, Moore said, "We have an interview with Nick Berg. It was approximately 20 minutes long. We are not releasing it to the media. It is not in the film. We are dealing privately with the family." Moore's camp declined to comment further on any aspect of the interview. Because the footage is not in the film, a spokeswoman for Miramax Films, the production company behind "Fahrenheit 9/11," said the company had no comment.


From what I've gathered of interviews with Berg's friends and acquaintances he was quite in favor of the war in Iraq. I wonder if that could be why the footage didn't make it to Moore's final cut?

I also wonder what kind of political spinning Michael Moore and Michael Berg (Nick's father) will put on the interview and whether or not it will ever be released publicly.

Ace is calling for the footage to be subpoenaed as part of the murder investigation. I'm inclined to agree and feel it should be done quickly before Moore gets a chance to use it in a way that will further demean Americans and undermine the war effort.

Update:

Berg's sister isn't buying into it.

Knight Ridder - The sister of Nick Berg, the contractor from the Philadelphia suburbs who was beheaded earlier this month in Iraq, says she's dumbfounded by reports that liberal icon Michael Moore had filmed an interview with her late brother for his new anti-war film.

"I'm very skeptical of this," said Sara Berg, a Virginia attorney whose brother's beheading sparked a global uproar.

But she said there was no way to confirm that Moore had sent a tape of the reported 20-minute interview to their parents' home in West Chester, as the filmmaker suggested in a statement Thursday, because the couple has been away.

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Moore lost me when he wrote Americans need to die in Iraq so the country could ‘learn a lesson’. I gave Berg’s father a pass on his ridiculous comments, considering the psychological baggage of his son’s horrific murder. I sincerely hope he doesn’t politicize it anymore. As to issuing a subpoena for the footage? I don’t see where it can serve any purpose other than to rub salt into the wound.

The Devil You Know on May 27, 2004 at 08:06 pm
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I say subpoena it and let America see what Nick Berg was really like.


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Rob on May 28, 2004 at 06:05 am
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A naive young man who roamed Iraq with an Israeli passport and had the misfortune of coming across some sadistic bastards with axes to grind?

I say leave it alone and let his family be.

The Devil You Know on May 28, 2004 at 07:05 am
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I guess my thought, considering who is in possession of the video,is to allow America to see it before Moore turns it into more propaganda.


The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is… legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay … If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.

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Rob on May 28, 2004 at 08:05 am
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I’d be on board with that scenario. But it doesn’t look like it’s playing out that way...so far.

The Devil You Know on May 28, 2004 at 06:05 pm
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You understand if the footage were subpoenaed, it’d be nothing but free publicity for Moore.

And aren’t you speculating that Berg said things during the interview which are pro-Iraq war, hence his not making the final cut of the film? I ‘spose Moore could use that for propoganda, but it wouldn’t be easy.

I admire your blog, by the way.

The Devil You Know on May 28, 2004 at 06:06 pm
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Thank you for the kind words.  I put a lot of work into this place, but its a labor of love.  Its always nice to hear that somebody else enjoys it besides me.

I am speculating just a bit.  I have no idea what’s on that tape but I can’t imagine Nick Berg being against the war.  He went over there to work as a contractor and make a difference.  Plus, his friends also he was for the war.

I just don’t want to see Moore get anything good out of this.


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Rob on May 28, 2004 at 07:06 pm
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Michael Moore--in a word, as we used to say when I was growing up in ND--"ish!"
I left ND for lands further south but will be returning in a few weeks to visit my parents and family.  Good job on your blog and really pleased to hear there is a conservative in the state!  God Bless You.
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le on May 31, 2004 at 05:05 pm
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There’s lots of conservatives in the state, we’re just not very vocal I guess.


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Rob on May 31, 2004 at 08:05 pm
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- Devil You Know -

THIS COMMENT IS FOR YOU,

CHECK THIS LINK AND REMOVE YOUR NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT MOORE

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/05/29/moore.berg.ap/

AS PUBLISH ON CNN WEBSITE QUOTE :

David Berg said Moore handled the situation with “dignity, respect and discipline.”

“Michael Moore has really been a total class act with this whole thing,” David Berg said. “He could have sold this to the media or stuck it in his movie.”

Sara Berg said she saw the video footage as a “gift.”

IS IT CLEAR FOR YOU !

READ AND KNOW THE FACT BEFORE JUGING !!!

THE FOOTAGE WASENT USE IN HIS MOVIE !

PLUS WE AMERICANS WOULD LIKE TO KONW MORE ABOUT NICK BERG, WHO HE WAS AND WHY HE DIE !

http://www.infowars.com/print/iraq/berg_archive.htm

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