Na época em que Bowling for Columbine ganhou o Oscar andou rolando por aí (e acho que por aqui também, na área de comentários) um papo de que tudo no filme era armação e de que o diretor Michael Moore forjou, entre outras, a parte onde consegue uma arma como brinde por abrir uma conta num banco.

Agora é a vez de Moore responder a toda essa história no seu site, na seção chamada How to Deal with the Lies and the Lying Liars When They Lie about ‘Bowling for Columbine’.

Lembrem-se, crianças: nem tudo o que aparece na Internet é verdade. Se um gerente de banco se vê num filme mundialmente famoso e pensa “epa, fui humilhado” é capaz de dizer qualquer coisa para o Sr. Chaton Réston. Aplicando o mesmo raciocínio você não precisa acreditar em tudo o que o gordinho gente-fina fala, você traça uma bissetriz e forma suas próprias idéias. Agora já escovar os dentes.

I can guarantee to you, without equivocation, that every fact in my movie is true. Three teams of fact-checkers and two groups of lawyers went through it with a fine tooth comb to make sure that every statement of fact is indeed an indisputable fact. Trust me, no film company would ever release a film like this without putting it through the most vigorous vetting process possible. The sheer power and threat of the NRA is reason enough to strike fear in any movie studio or theater chain. The NRA will go after you without mercy if they think there’s half a chance of destroying you. That’s why we don’t have better gun laws in this country — every member of Congress is scared to death of them.

Well, guess what. Total number of lawsuits to date against me or my film by the NRA? NONE. That’s right, zero. And don’t forget for a second that if they could have shut this film down on a technicality they would have. But they didn’t and they can’t — because the film is factually solid and above reproach. In fact, we have not been sued by any individual or group over the statements made in “Bowling for Columbine?” Why is that? Because everything we say is true — and the things that are our opinion, we say so and leave it up to the viewer to decide if our point of view is correct or not for each of them.

Aliás ele aproveita para esclarecer uma coisa que até eu achava que era verdade.

Lately, my favorite mistake is the one many reviewers made crediting the cartoon in “Bowling for Columbine” as being the work of the “South Park” creators. It isn’t. I wrote it and my buddy Harold Moss’s animation studio drew it.