Director Andrew Marcus Discusses Hating Breitbart
L to R: Breitbart, Glenn Reynolds, Driscoll at 2008 GOP convention.
In the early days of PJ Media — back when we were still had our pajamas, but before we founded PJTV — Andrew Marcus was our first in-house video maker, and gave me plenty of valuable advice when I first began to ever-so-tentatively dip my toes into the video pool back in 2007.
These days though, Andrew is directing on the big screen — his new documentary, Hating Breitbart, debuts later this month — and as Andrew explains during the interview, the keyword is later; its release has been delayed by the MPAA, who wish to slap an R-rating on the documentary, as The Hollywood Reporter recently mentioned:
The release of a documentary about deceased new-media provocateur Andrew Breitbart that was to open Friday has been delayed one week because of a rift between the filmmakers and the MPAA, which has rated the film R due to obscene language.
The movie, called Hating Breitbart, is largely about the subject’s battles against the mainstream media over the way it allegedly unfairly maligns the Tea Party movement. Clips of Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Bill Maher, Janeane Garofalo and others who call conservatives “teabaggers,” “racists” and other disparaging terms are used throughout the film.
The movie originally contained several uses of the F-word, which was routinely hurled at Breitbart when he’d show up at liberal gatherings. Breitbart also uses the word a few times in the film.
Under current MPAA guidelines, if a film uses “one of the harsher sexually derived words” — such as the F-word — more than a certain number of times, it receives an R rating. But the MPAA sometimes has made inconsistent rulings over language.
The MPAA gave Hating Breitbart an R rating last week, much to the dismay of director Andrew Marcus and distributors Rocky Mountain Pictures, who were hoping for a PG-13 rating. Marcus then cut out the offending word nine times but left in some that he deemed important to the integrity of the film. The MPAA still rated the film R.
We’ll also discuss:
- How Marcus sold Breitbart on the idea of a documentary by appealing to his love of ’80s rock.
- How the conservative Breitbart ironically became Saul Alinsky’s most brilliant disciple.
- The transformation of Breitbart from backroom boffin at the Drudge Report and the Huffington Post to master showman, culminating in the legendary moment when he took the stage at the press conference for Anthony Weiner’s press conference — aka The Best. Press Conference. Ever.
- The future of the conservative documentary, and Marcus’ thoughts on Dinesh D’Souza’s hit documentary, Obama: 2016.
- What Breitbart would think of the MSM’s all-racism-all-the-time approach to the presidential election.
- And where to find out more information about, and showtimes for Hating Breitbart.
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So true, you CAN judge a man by his enemies. Conversely, one SHOULD surely judge a man by his friends, or the very least, the company he keeps.
To wit, one would have to be deaf, dumb, blind, as well as evil, not to judge Obama according to the company he does keep. One needn’t ask any longer – who the hell is this creature? And, it is his supporters who detest Breitbart with a passion, demonstrating the veracity of the above.
http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/10/11/video-exposes-the-thug-in-chief-his-goon-squads-no-less-than-six-degrees-of-separation-adina-kutnicki/
As to Breitbart…these deviants/miscreants are not fit to shine his shoes.
This is a must read.
The Blago File
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/blago-file_655072.html
So true, you CAN judge a man by his enemies. Conversely, one SHOULD surely judge a man by his friends, or the very least, the company he keeps.
To wit, one would have to be deaf, dumb, blind, as well as evil, not to judge Obama according to the company he does keep. One needn’t ask any longer – who the hell is this creature? And, it is his supporters who detest Breitbart with a passion, demonstrating the veracity of the above.
2012/10/11/video-exposes-the-thug-in-chief-his-goon-squads-no-less-than-six-degrees-of-separation-adina-kutnicki/
As to Breitbart…these deviants/miscreants are not fit to shine his shoes.
His determination to keep the * words in is understandable but I think the fight is mis-guided. Everyone knows what bleeps, silence, or !*$%#!, mean, the words before and after convey the emotional impact whether the blank word is there or not.
It’s a short sighted fight, accept the R rating or make the necessary substitutions and get on with it. Wouldn’t releasing a director’s on all channels outside theaters satisfy his artistic integrity. Personally I’d love to see the movie and could care less whether the blank words are there are not.
Where can we get that “Che Breitbart” shirt? There’s a money-maker for his estate!
When Melvin Van Peebles made Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassssss Song he refused to submit it for rating by the then nascent MPAA who, subequently, gave it a default rating of X. The advertising posters then went out with the tagline “Rated X by an all white jury.” It seems that something similar should be done here to use this controversy to advantage. Say something like “too offensive for a DNC steering committee” or somesuch.
Release it with the R rating LOL.
Those under 18 can’t vote
Published on Oct 18, 2012 Political author and researcher Trevor Loudon presents key findings from his extensive research — identifying President Obama’s inner circle of friends, socialist supporters, and the mentors who dramatically influenced his political perspective. His findings are eye-opening because the mainstream media has consistently refused to inform the American public about Barack Obama’s motivations and underlying ideology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt44D6ZlFKI&feature=player_embedded
Liberals hated Breitbart, because he could skewer them and their fallacious points of view with a comment.
He is, literally, the Chuck Norris of the Political Blogosphere.
The District of Columbia Act of 1871 Initial review of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 seems like it only sets up a local government (like Chicago or Seattle); how do you get that they formed a private corporation?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPkauG6qE8k&