Roger & Me (1989)
- Directed by
- Michael Moore
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 322 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Michael Moore tries to confront General Motors CEO Roger Smith about the auto plant closures that devastated Flint, Michigan. The film shows the human cost of corporate decisions through interviews and footage of the town's decline.
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What happens
Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Michael Moore, in his directorial debut. Moore portrays the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's action of closing several auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, reducing GM's employees in that area from 80,000 in 1978 to about 50,000 in 1992. The film won the People's Choice Award at the 14th Toronto International Film Festival. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.