Last we all heard from muckracker Michael Moore, the filmmaker had changed the focus of his post-“Fahrenheit 9/11” documentary cum “sequel” from foreign policy to the economy. The move was smart, the economic crisis/recession, and the number of workers who have received pink slips in the last three-four months is basically the only thing in the news and on people’s minds anymore. When was the last time you heard CNN talk about foreign policy?
So in his latest email blast on his website, Moore has written that he’s looking for help with his new film and he wants Wall Street employees, insiders and people on the ground floor to participate and tell the real story of what happened with our economic downturn.
“I am in the middle of shooting my next movie and I am looking for a few brave people who work on Wall Street or in the financial industry to come forward and share with me what they know. Based on those who have already contacted me, I believe there are a number of you who know “the real deal” about the abuses that have been happening. You have information that the American people need to hear. I am humbly asking you for a moment of courage, to be a hero and help me expose the biggest swindle in American history. All correspondence with me will be kept confidential. Your identity will be protected and you will decide to what extent you wish to participate in telling the greatest crime story ever told.”
Moore says to write in to his personal email for the project which is bailout@michaelmoore.com and which seems to be the working title of the film. And a pretty apt one at that considering it’s a term we hear in the headline every other minute. Is “Bailout” the title of Michael Moore’s new economic, what-the-fuck-happened-on-Wall-Street doc? Hey, we endorse it; it sounds great. Now if people will only come forward. Let’s hope so. It would be great for the country to get a better sense of what happened other than the almost meaningless term, “Wall Street greed.” Hell, head-in-the-sand U.S. audiences didn’t give a shit about the very underrated “Sicko,” because it basically only concerened their dying grandparents and unfortunate sick neighbors they barely knew (who gives a shit about them!), but dare to touch their wallet and they snarl like a pit bull. Maybe this could be one of Moore’s most successful docs? We”re looking forward to it.