turns out michael moore tried to apologize for pissing off ray bradbury over the use of the word "fahrenheit" and the numeral "one" in the title of his new movie. the canadian
national post:
filmmaker michael moore admits he feels horrible for upsetting legendary writer ray bradbury over the title of moore's new film fahrenheit 9/11.
the satirical documentary, which opens in north american theatres friday, is a savage indictment of the bush administration's handling of the events of sept. 11, 2001 and gets its title from bradbury's 1953 science fiction classic fahrenheit 451...
bradbury is demanding an apology for not being asked permission to lift his book title and wants the film property renamed, something that is not likely to happen at this late stage.
"he suddenly realized he's let too much time go by," the author said.
"it has broken my heart," says moore. "i've called to try and apologize and work it out and he's just ... oh, jeez i don't know what to say."
moore says he tried to explain to the 83-year-old writer that the film could bring more young readers to his book but apparently no dice. he says if he had called the film the diary of michael moore, surely people wouldn't confuse it with the diary of anne frank.
"there's no confusion here, you know?"
here's an idea...since the film is partially about soldiers going off to the iraq war, why not call it the marchin' chronicles?