Talk:Fahrenheit 11/9

Explanation of title

The article could be improved by explaining, if possible and with appropriate sourcing, why the title of the documentary uses "11/9", particularly in view of the fact that the 2018 U.S. midterm elections will be held 11/6, not 11/9. Robert K S (talk) 22:05, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Moore said in an interview with Colbert on The Late Show that it refers to the date Donald Jr was declared President. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.7.127.125 (talk • contribs) 05:38, August 12, 2018 (UTC)

Robert K S, I added a "Title" section explaining this documentary's title. The film will premiere in a week. Hope you can watchlist this article and contribute to any discussions that result from the coverage. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 17:59, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Erik. Robert K S (talk) 20:19, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Moore, if anything, actually passed over some of the strange coincidences surrounding this date of 9 November. When "9/11" happened, it was pointed out that this shorthand only makes sense in American English, where it is still even now customary to give the month ahead of the day in the month (dd/mm order). In every other nation on the planet, 9/11 would be read as 9 November, not 11 September. (And we would do well to reflect on this: that the terrorists who staged 9/11 chose the date for the beginning of the Long Emergency for all its double meanings, none of which are intelligible outside of American English....) At the time, in 2001, the cited example of this misunderstanding was that in Germany, 9/11 (in November) is memorialised as the date of Kristallnacht in 1938, the night of broken glass, when the Nazi pogrom burned through Germany. It was also on a 9/11, in 1923, that Hitler staged the Beer Hall Putsch, his failed coup d'etat against Bavaria. But today, 9/11 is celebrated in Germany as the date of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. So there we have three dates in succession, three Ninths of November, in 1923, in 1938 and in 1989, that are significant in German history and for fascism in particular, for its genesis (1923), its crescendo (1938) and the final denouement of that war (1989) as Germany was reunified. And now, it is also the date that Donald Trump came to power in the USA..... 64.231.90.157 (talk) 14:55, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

References to use

• Political documentaries reap windfall from Trump era at CNN (not sure if there is place for this in article yet)
• Michael Moore’s ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Anti-Trump Campaign Begins In Toronto: Q&A at Deadline Hollywood (primary source, so use in a limited fashion)
• In new film, Michael Moore compares Trump to Hitler. And he’s not so crazy about Obama either at The Washington Post
• Toronto: Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9' Could Divide Academy's Doc Branch at The Hollywood Reporter
• Michael Moore’s ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Sells Major International Territories (Exclusive) at Variety
• Michael Moore says Fahrenheit 11/9 is 'beginning of the end for Trump' at The Guardian
• Michael Moore’s 'Fahrenheit 11/9' scores raft of international sales
• 'Fahrenheit 11/9': Michael Moore Wants to Shape Midterm Elections With Powerful New Doc — TIFF
• Michael Moore To Sit With Chris Hayes For MSNBC Prime-Time Special Tied To ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Release
• 'Fahrenheit 11/9' U.S. debut puts focus back on Flint
• Michael Moore's anti-Trump film 'Fahrenheit 11/9' also hits Gov. Snyder
• Michael Moore holds US debut of "Fahrenheit 11/9" in Flint
• Inside Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 11/9' Premiere in Flint, Michigan

References to use. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 19:29, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Box office

Looking at the follow-up coverage, this article could use more box office coverage to summarize in retrospect the performance and to also mention the performance in the lead section. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 14:03, 15 October 2018 (UTC)