Outfoxed

The movie starts out with great, memorable scenes regarding the complexity and longevity of corruption in our government’s system. The overall length of this feature was one hour and fifteen minutes. The main premise of the beginning is pointing out the separate aspects of FOX News, and the strange behaviors of its hosts. The different clips selected show various anchormen and women yelling at their guests for their honest opinions and cutting off their microphones. The reason for this was because the guests were being open and honest about certain topics that FOX News felt ‘inappropriate’. When in reality, they were just helping to cover up mysteries and inconsistencies in multiple controversial events. The overall documentary was put together very well and changed my perspective of the media forever.
The director of this piece was Robert Greenwald, who “has been nominated for three Primetime Emmys” (IMDB), but unfortunately hasn’t won. He really seems to have a certain attack to the scenes with his directing style where the interviewer seems extremely serious and the dramatic elements are escalated. His talent was shown various times throughout this piece and his style matched the subject matter perfectly in my opinion. The main producer was also Robert Greenwald, but he had four co-producers. They were Laurel Busby, Jim Gilliam, Kathryn McArdle, and Devin Smith. Researching Greenwald’s former projects, I’ve realized they’re almost all directly critical on a particular topic. A certain example is Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, which obviously exposes secrets from that organization, similar to the way he exposes FOX News in this documentary.

Out of the thousands of movies I have seen in my lifetime, this short documentary expressed more honest problems with our government and media than any other. The filming style was basic and to the point, quickly showing clips of relevant examples from FOX News. Detailed shots were placed throughout the course of the movie. The most memorable were of host Bill O’Reilly arguing with Jeremy M. Glick, then following up the next day with a report changing Mr. Glick‘s words around.
He said Jeremy was using vial propaganda; and later that he accused George Bush Jr. and Sr. for the 9/11 attacks. Neither of these statements were true, and O’Reilly stated many other false accusations as well. This was a despicable act that deemed cowardly in my opinion, because the person he was accusing was not there to defend himself. Yet even with the short length, what remained was a powerful movie with impactful knowledge within. Besides that, the movie had a great and open flow to it, and nothing lacking importance was left in any scene.