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08/04/2006Traverse City Film FestivalOuttakesMichael Moore, known for his political documentaries, surprised and amused some at Wednesday's panel discussions when naming a film that ranks high on the political scale. "Most art is political on some level," he said, "not partisan political, necessarily ... I think 'Gremlins 2' was one of the most political films ever made. Go rent it, see what I mean." --- Director Malik Bader, the subject of a Q&A in Thursday's Record-Eagle, had a surprise for his audience at the end of the showing of his movie "Street Thief" at Old Town Playhouse. The surprise was that Bader plays the part of Kaspar Carr, the professional burglar the camera follows throughout the film. The movie is listed under documentaries in the film festival guide, which states that Bader and his partner Miles Harrison "convince a professional burglar to let them go along with him as he commits his crimes and film him in the act." Turns out it's more along the lines of "Blair Witch Project," which comes across as real, but, well, isn't. Bader said they had a real burglar accompany them as filming proceeded of Bader acting out the break-ins. --- Moore said it's not as easy for him to get people to speak to him on camera as it once was, since he's now readily recognized. In his early days, people opened up because they figured his film would never be made, or would be seen by few people. "I'm making this film now, and I had to come up with a disguise," he said. "I was wondering how am I going to do this, and I figured, 'Well, why don't you lose some weight?' so I dropped about 70 pounds."
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