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Roger And I - Research Paper

Roger And I

Roger and Me

The documentary film Roger and Me, directed by Michael Moore, is an excellent documentary which is meant to portray the closing of a General Motors (GM) factory in Flint, Michigan, and its subsequent effects on the town. Using a wide variety of effective techniques, Moore seeks to elicit sympathy among the viewers of the film as he demonstrates the extreme hardships caused on the town's economics and lifestyle due to the factory's closing.

In the 1980s, American factories were closing at a rapid pace. President Reagan's famous "trickle-down" economics helped large corporations increase profits while at the same time he reduced the power of the union with the firing of ...

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the making of the film: Moore's entire family worked for GM. While Moore attempts to be objective as he creates the film, it is important that the viewer is aware of the bias inherent in the filmmaking.

He does, however, do an excellent job in providing objectivity in the film overall. Moore does a great deal of interviewing in the film and a wide selection of viewpoints presenting both sides are used. Many of the interviews are of former GM employees. Also interviewed by Moore are Tom Kay, GM spokesman; Pat Boone, former Chevrolet endorser and supporter of GM; singer Anita Bryant; Miss Michigan, Kaye Lani Rae Rafko; and various wealthy townspeople who tended to have a different perspective than the typical unemployed factory worker. In the commentary provided on the DVD release of the film, Moore said he tried to spend as much time as possible speaking to people who did not share his point of view, both to keep the film from being boring, and because "you learn a lot more ...

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- as its shareholders demand - and it does not "owe" anything to the city of Flint simply because the company was born there. This is perhaps the most valid opposing point of view in the entire film, and Moore does not directly counter this particular concept.

It is also important to note that the ideas of Tom Kay are perhaps more valid than Moore would lead viewers to believe. Despite cutting costs by eliminating factories in Flint and other areas in the late 1980s, GM lost $4.5 billion in 1991 and was forced to close even more factories. The financial loss was, at the time, the "worst annual loss for an American corporation in history" (Brown).

Moore narrates the entire film ...

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Added: 7/19/2011 05:17:11 AM
Submitted By: yuenying123
Category: Film & Theater
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