Updated on
Summary
Capitalism is evil: this is what a new film by famous U.S documentary maker Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, premiered at the Venice film festival concludes. Blending his trademark humor with tragic individual stories, archive footage and publicity stunts, the 55-year-old launches an attack on the capitalist system, arguing that it benefits the rich and condemns millions to poverty. The filmmaker also attacks the uncomfortably close relationship between banks, politicians and U.S. Treasury officials, meaning that regulation has been changed to favor the few on Wall Street rather than the many on Main Street. He says that by encouraging ordinary Americans to borrow against the value of their homes, businesses created the conditions that led to the financial crisis. Moore interviews priests who believe that capitalism is anti-Christian, because it fails to protect the poor and encourages greed
