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Published: Sep 16, 2005 01:41 PM
Mon - July 21, 2003
"Nothing so strange" is quite strange indeed
An amateur film maker assassinates
Bill Gates—to make a point, of course.
Real
life assassinations of public figures frequently spawn lengthy investigations
and popular conspiracy theories. Now Brian
Flemming, a Los Angeles independent film maker, is using the purely
fictional killing of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to make points about
society's rush to judgment in such
cases.
"Nothing So Strange," which debuts tonight at the Kraine Theater in New York City chronicles the efforts of an organized group of skeptics, who call themselves Citizens for Truth, as they independently investigate the Gates assassination and in the process confront the LAPD, a hostile mainstream press, and the group's own internal squabbles.
Winner of the New York Times Claiborne Pell Award for Original Vision at the 2002 Newport Film Festival, the film is receiving rave reviews from critics and moral condemnation from right-wing pundits. But Flemming shouldn't expect contributions from the Gates Foundation any time soon.
"It is very disappointing that a movie maker would do something like this," Gates said through a spokesperson.
"Nothing So Strange," which debuts tonight at the Kraine Theater in New York City chronicles the efforts of an organized group of skeptics, who call themselves Citizens for Truth, as they independently investigate the Gates assassination and in the process confront the LAPD, a hostile mainstream press, and the group's own internal squabbles.
Winner of the New York Times Claiborne Pell Award for Original Vision at the 2002 Newport Film Festival, the film is receiving rave reviews from critics and moral condemnation from right-wing pundits. But Flemming shouldn't expect contributions from the Gates Foundation any time soon.
"It is very disappointing that a movie maker would do something like this," Gates said through a spokesperson.