Completely OT : Cannes, Mickael Moore and the Iraq War

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The eternal wonder of the closed mind: When one makes up one's mind about something beforehand, why consult data?

Here is list of all the films that have been awarded a Palme d'Or since 1946:

http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/...Film_Festival/

I haven't seen all of the american ones, and certainly not many of the foreign ones, but the only one I have seen that might be said to have an "anti-US" bias would be Apocalypse Now in 1979. But, really, that's a stretch - it's more of an anti-war/"how nasty is human nature" movie. The Lars von Trier one (Dancer in the Dark) might also qualify as "anti-american" but from what I know he's more of a commentator on human nature too.

Elephant (2003)
Pianist, The (2002)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Underground (1995)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Piano, The (1993)
Barton Fink (1991)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Mission, The (1986)
Paris, Texas (1984)
All That Jazz (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Conversation, The (1974)
MASH (1970)

etc....

Now, as an admitted amateur and not running the statistics, I would hazard a guess to say that when the french pick english language movies for a golden palm they pick ones that get at human nature, the nature of violence or relationships, and...pianos.

But that's just me. Perhaps I;m wrong. But in any case, making up one's mind before looking at data is only useful if one is not willing to have one;s mind changed. In which case, conversation or debate is likewise pointless.

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Basically any movie that attacks the culture of America with suffient enough lies and mistruths can win a palme d'or.

This is regretable, but true.

This is a statement that is unsupportable.