Film: The Big One July 3, 2007

you are invited to attend Cinemagic's weekly documentary screening
event. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 3rd, at the
Cinemagic Courtyard in Bait Lothan, Salmiya, and will run between
7:30 p.m – 9:30 p.m.

This week, we will be screening Michael Moore's "The Big One".
Comedic documentary filmmaker Michael Moore takes his film crew
throughout the U.S. for "The Big One", a behind-the-scenes video
diary of the promotional tour for his book -Downsize This! He appears
at several chain bookstores throughout the nation, signing autographs
and delivering wicked political commentary to audiences. Along the
way, he stops at various small-town parking lots and malls, gathering
brief interviews with assorted Americans. Some of his interview
subjects include an ex-convict who was hired as cheap labor for TWA
airlines while in prison and a group of Borders employees who
organize a union. In his typical ambushing fashion, Moore makes
several cleverly unexpected visits to people in powerful positions.
One attempt finds Moore bringing laid-off working mothers to visit a
local government official with the intent of cleaning his office to
show that they want a job. In Centralia, IL, Moore visits the Leaf
candy company, who plans to move their factories to Mexico, resulting
in massive layoffs. The camera crew heads into their administrative
offices and attempts to meet with the CEO in witty trademark fashion.

For its part, Cinemagic Kuwait, is organizing these events as part of
its efforts to contribute to the development of an internationally
competitive Kuwaiti audio-visual production industry, partly by
bringing the filmmakers and audiences together and by Increasing the
public's interest in – and appreciation for – the art of filmmaking.

As always, attendance is free of charge and you are encouraged to
invite guests. Seating is limited, so make sure you come a little
early. Snacks and refreshments will be served. Also, we will be
providing mist fans because of the weather.