Michael Moore Charlton Heston interview from BFColumbine

[babylonsister]

Run time: 06:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD2x6-CF2h4   Posted on YouTube: January 05, 2006 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 06, 2008 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 2589

 

[Joanne98]

1. Oh goodie. K&R!

[seabeyond]

2. well, watching this video, i do not think heston is a horrible man

as a matter of fact there was a bit of empathy going on with the man. i dont think he misspoke and when he didnt have an answer he said he didnt know, yet moore continued drilling for an answer when heston did not have it. i waited for heston to become defensive with moores handling and all in all i think heston handled himself well

because i do not agree with a persons position on something or particular behavior i do not put that person in all evil. that is ridiculous and for me just simply stupid. some of the comments about heston are beyond absurd.

[babylonsister]

3. It wasn't posted to ridicule Heston. Yesterday some DUers

mentioned his role in Moore's doc., so when I saw it I posted it. FWIW, I agree. He didn't seem unreasonable, though having loaded guns all over the place sounds at best unhealthy!

[seabeyond]

4. thanks babylon... for the clarification. n/t

[Mozcram]

5. I agree with you...

There has to be room for disagreement in our country. It is
disappointing the CH is as pro-gun as he is, but he is not personally responsible for the tragic murder of the 6-year-old. His allusion to race hints at the partly underground current of racism, but he has not necessarily thought it through, regarding answering MM's question.

It is always encouraging when there is calm conversation and sharing of ideas and possibilities;
the knee-jerk intolerance and hatred are what is a more serious danger than some of the differences of opinion that there are.

[Celebration]

6. also

at the time of this, he was well on his way to full blown Alzheimer's Disease.

[samsingh]

7. horrible no - but a really not as good as i thought he was at one time

he's totally different than the characters he played

[PatriotJack]

8. Old Fashioned?

When I first saw this a few weeks back, I didn't necessarily feel "bad" for Mr. Heston because Moore had allegedly ambushed him (which I don't believe for a minute). I felt "bad" for him because here's a guy who clearly missed out on the last 40 years of social change. It's like after the Civil Rights movement, he just sort of gave up and said "Okay, the blacks have rights now, everything is just A-Ok!"

I guess the bigger point is - at what point can we excuse older americans for not having a clue that the world has changed? Is it fair of us to hold a 80 year old man to the same level of cultural enlightenment as someone who's grown up with a high-speed internet connection? I don't really have the answers, it's just something I think about.