I still can't quite get over the fact that Michael Moore's new "documentary" (most likely more a fictional commentary - but hey, if the left wants to blindy believe everything in it, let's go with documentary), Farenheit 9/11 has won the Palm d'Or at the Cannes film festival. I'm not sure what upsets me more - the fact that the Palm d'Or is supposed to award artistic merit rather than political agendas or the fact that Moore's "documentaries" are not even documentaries under the definition of the term. I guess it shouldn't be a huge surprise that Moore won with all the anti-Bush thinking in Hollywood right now, nor did it hurt Moore that Cannes is held in France, one of the few countries that still refuses to join the war on terror (I guess all they need is a wake up call).

But really, if you put my personal hatred of this liar aside, I really don't understand how the film could have won the top prize. Maybe if Cannes were a film festival for anti-Bush propaganda or if it were a Democratic National Convention - but it's not. Their "Article One" seems to contradict everything that happened when the award went to Moore:

The spirit of the Festival de Cannes is one of friendship and universal cooperation. Its aim is to reveal and focus attention on works of quality in order to contribute to the progress of the motion picture arts and to encourage the development of the film industry throughout the world.

I fail to see how giving an award to a film that at it's core is meant to do only one thing - defame a sitting president - encourages "friendship and universal cooperation." I fail to see how by giving the award to Moore we are focusing on "works of quality" as I have read reviews that blast the film as nothing but propaganda and hatred. And finally, how can Farenheit 9/11 "encourage development of the film industry?" At best, it encourages people to make one-sided commentaries that will appeal to people who only share the same ideals as you.

There was a time when the Palm d'Or meant something. After this year, it's a worthless award in my mind.

URL: Cannes Film Festival