Fahrenheit 9/11 is Michael Moore’s interpretation of what happened on September 11th 2001. When the film was first released in 2004, America was still at war, and the Bush administration still has the majority of the citizens support. Despite this, the film found a lot of success due to his narrative strategies. By making the film a documentary, Moore establishes a sense of credibility with his audience so he can begin to promote his own political ideology. The film begins by asking if Bush’s defeat of Al Gore was all just a dream. He carefully chooses his scenes and cuts his shots together in a way that depicts the media as unreliable and the election as unfair. He attempts to get the audience into a skeptical mindset in which they doubt the validity of the political system. One of the most intense points in the film is when there is no footage at all. After labeling Bush as a “lame duck” president, the movie cuts to black and a powerful series of sounds begins playing that are instantly recognizable as the noises that represent 9/11. By relaying the sounds people crying and screaming, roaring sirens, news reports on the world trade center being hit, and booming …show more content…
The film introduces the fact that Bush was on the board of a company which had millions to gain from going to war, and had several large Saudi investors. Among these investors were the Bin Laden family, who has close personal and business ties with the Bush family. Moore asks the viewers to consider whether Bush’s interests sided with the American people, or with business. Moore also questions why there is such a large amount of protection at the Saudi foreign embassy in the United States. This thought segways into the idea that the Saudis were behind the 9/11 attack and that Bush acted favorably on their behalf, despite it being at the expense of the American
America’s well-being was shattered on November 22, 1963, the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Although authorities arrested Lee Harvey Oswald as the president’s killer, a multitude of citizens in our country believe a conspiracy was involved, and that Oswald was not the lone assassin. The film JFK encompasses facts that support conspiratorial actions being part of JFK’s assassination. These facts support a disparate opinion and gives viewers and movie characters the chance to formulate their own opinions instead of blindly following that of another. In JFK, Oliver Stone displays certain events in different perspectives in order to prevent blind following from inattention.
Moore insists that all his facts are correct and even hired an old fact checker for the New Yorker to make sure. But this, of course, doesn't come to grips with the fact that much of the Bush statements he objects to are also, strictly speaking, factually correct. The truth about facts is not self evident, as he knows; the significance of facts can be manipulated by those with just a camera just as easily as by those in power. In an era of mass-media politics-a far cry from the original political debates in Athens-"Fahrenheit 9/11" is an uneasy compromise between populism and propaganda. The things it has to say are relevant and important and should be heard - but hopefully, they are just part of a larger, more even-handed discussion. Perhaps, the success of this movie is a recognition of the fact that the way this discussion gets carried out in the modern age is by turning it into a form of entertainment.
George Bush intentionally generates this emotion at the end to leave viewers feeling slightly better on the situation at hand. In his conclusion, the then president merges viewers in saying, “This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.” His conclusions strike different chords in raising hope amongst viewers. He ultimately depicts a unified country and reminds viewers that something similar to this tragedy has happened before, proving that our country has overcome similar challenges. In addition, his reminds viewers of “all that is good and just in our world” evoking more hopeful thinking from Americans. At the end of his address, Bush uses many positive images that cancel out the tragic ones from his introduction and thusly ends his address portray great amounts of hope, comforting
George W. Bush’s “9/11 Address to the Nation” is a speech in which he talks about the catastrophic event on September eleventh, 2001. Two airplanes crash into the Twin Towers in New York City on this day, shocking the entire world. He addresses this speech to the people of America on the night of the disastrous event, to let the people of the United States know what is going on. This speech explains how the United States is a strong country, the motives behind the event, as well as to bring the United States together and stronger.
On video it showed that the towers were crashed into, by the two planes Flight 11 and
September 11, 2001 is known as the worst terrorist attack in United States history. On a clear Tuesday morning, there were four planes that were hijacked and flown into multiple buildings by a terrorist group named al Qaeda. This group, led by Osama bin Laden, killed nearly 3,000 people. Out of those 3,000 people more than 400 police and 343 firefighters were killed along with 10,000 people who were treated for severe injuries. Many lives were taken, and to this day, people still suffer from the attack. September 11th is the most influential event of the early twenty-first century because it made an increase in patriotism, it caused a rise in security throughout the nation, and it had a tremendous effect of thousands of lives.
There were numerous events and threats leading up to the terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center which left chaos amongst the streets of downtown New York City and would leave America and its families devastated and prone to change after this infamous date in our nation’s history. What happened on September 11th, 2001 was without a doubt both horrific and ill natured. Multiple terrorists hijacked several US airliners that would later be flown into the North and South towers, the Pentagon, and also an unintended area in Pennsylvania. It can be said that the United States of America was unprepared and vulnerable for these occurrences.
On September 11, 2001 terrorists crashed two American airline airplanes into Twin Towers, killing thousands of people. It was the worst terrorist attack in American history and it showed us that we are not protected by Atlantic and Pacific. It showed us that we could be attacked by anyone at anytime. It showed us that if we will be attacked again that we can only depend on each other and not on other nations to help us. The 9/11 changed people forever, some lost family members or friends, others lost their jobs even so called “American Dream.”
Thesis: Al-Qaeda hijacked a plane full of people because the security before this event was not really re enforced and Al-Qaeda took advantage of it.
The 9/11 Story in Fragments, created by Steven Zorn, for the Smithsonian Institution, tells the stories of the horrific encounters when the World Trade Center in New York, and the Pentagon in Washington were struck down by hijacked commercial airliners. The film, based on factual evidence, uses individual narratives, and graphical effects to highlight the events along with personal objects that belonged to the victims and survivors of 9/11. The short film is an historical document that recounts that tragic day, when lives were lost, heroes were made, and America was forever changed. The document highlights the events of the coordinated, terrorist attacks, and massive cleanup efforts. The document is referred as the ‘people’s story,’ as the stories are expressed by the people. The 9/11 events will always be preserved in our memories.
In events like the ones that took place on September 11th, 2001 I strongly believe it is more than acceptable to restrict the freedoms and rights of American citizens in order to contain and deescalate the situation. “The fallout from those events impacted the entire world to varying degrees…” (Harmening, page 8). It is safe to say the air travel security and the way we travel in general today has been changed. Since 9/11 the T.S.A. put into action stricter guidelines on passengers, there luggage, and things you could take on board the aircraft. T.S.A. checkpoints now became a thorough process with the introduction of metal detectors and body scanners, not to mention you had to take your shoes, belt and any of jewelry off before continuing
According to Grossman, L. (September 11, 2006) article on September 11, 2001 our nation endured a terrorist attack that resulted in the total destruction of our nations Pentagon and the Twin Towers in New York City. Several airplanes were reportedly hijacked by Islamic passengers whom crashed the planes into the buildings. Reports explain that forced of impact and heat from the explosion caused the building to collapse. Thousands of employees, tourist, and innocent bystanders were injured and even killed during this tragic event. Years have passed since this event; however, the memory still lives in the hearts of the citizens of the nation today. Facts have been released and many alternative theories have been created. Video footage of the event show the collapse of these buildings. Although most who watched the video are fixated on the planes crashing into the top of the building, others focus on other details. Taking a closer look at the bottom of the building, poofs of dust are seen just before the buildings collapse. Two competing theories concerning this have been developed. The first states that the force behind the impact of the plane crash caused an increase in air pressure that resulted in windows exploding outwards. The second states that the collapse were not due to the plane
Your right, no one could have ever fathomed the magnitude of what happened on 9/11. From the responders to the civilians nothing went as it was "suppose" to. I believe the down and dirty fact remains, according to the official reports we are still making overall mistakes we made before Pearl Harbor. We still seeing the same deficiencies time after time after each major disaster we have had. Our readings stated that NORAD and the FAA never even propose the possibility or had protocol that there would be a suicide hijacking that would turn the aircraft into a missile. They also assumed that the aircraft would not disappear from radar and they would have plenty of time to intercept (Kaimen, 2012). Not to mention all the Intel that was being
...ous and being there can raise concern. These political concerns relate closely with issues addressed in the film particularly with the war in Afghanistan and the threat of terrorism. The senior Taliban leader Ahamd Shah depicts an accurate image of what members of the Taliban are like, which means killing any American who comes into their country.
How would you feel if you watched your best friend or family member die and no one cared? What if everyone pretended like they had never even existed? It is important to remember those who are lost in tragic events such as 9/11. The events that took place on September 11, 2001 affected so many people globally in countless ways. From dealing with the loss of a family member, watching the towers fall on T.V. or in New York City or having to get a new job, everyone was affected. How do we as America remember those who were lost? Every person remembers it differently. Whether stories about the lost are told, visiting Ground Zero or the Pentagon, looking at pictures, or recalling every moment, their memory is being kept alive. These stories and memories help people find the good in so much bad. Remembering the events of 9/11 is an important factor of the modern American society, without it people would begin to forget what helped bring us together during one of our biggest struggles.