August 17, 2000

11:39 AM

Short films have become a pretty standard propaganda tool in modern American presidential campaigns. When Al Gore set out to make his 2000 campaign film, there was only one guy he wanted for the job -- Spike Jonze.
posted by jjg (8 comments total)

He should have done a Sabotage parady.
posted by corpse at 12:02 PM on August 17, 2000

That still from the movie makes Gore look like some sort of porn star whose head is about to explode.
posted by benbrown at 12:12 PM on August 17, 2000

Does anyone know if this movie can be seen anywhere? Is there a URL for a downloadable version?

posted by NickBarat at 12:59 PM on August 17, 2000

Give it a day or two. it'll show up somewheres.

Hmm. A porn star, whose head is about to explode, decides to run for President. Now there's a Spike Jonze flick for which the script would write itself.

Maybe he is taking the piss out of Little Al after all.
posted by chicobangs at 1:38 PM on August 17, 2000

Spike Jonze is doing Gore's film, but the puppets are outside the convention?? How did THAT happen?
posted by wendell at 2:38 PM on August 17, 2000

Some people might argue that Spike Jonze, heir to a vast fortune, urban hipster and celebrity husband, is an ideal poster child for the modern Democratic Party. But they'd be awful cynics, wouldn't they?
posted by holgate at 2:43 PM on August 17, 2000

Feh. Hmmm... they're all hacks, excuse me while I purchaise the video of Stanley Kubrick buying fucking onions. thank you.
posted by tiaka at 3:14 PM on August 17, 2000

HOW MUCH IS NICK SWEENEY MY HERO RIGHT NOW.
posted by maura at 3:58 PM on August 17, 2000