New film finds ‘disillusionment’ in Bush’s hometown of Crawford.
New film finds ‘disillusionment’ in Bush’s hometown of Crawford.
Filmmaker David Modigliani’s new documentary “Crawford” takes a look at what happened to the small Texas community of 700 residents after George W. Bush bought a 1,600-acre ranch early in his presidential campaign in 1999. “I wanted to do a film indicting Bush for this political stagecraft, using this town as a prop,” Modigliani said. “But I found something much more compelling, which was the people of Crawford: their stories, their journeys, their arcs. The film became about them”:
“Generally speaking, there was this excitement, enchantment and economic boon that came with his moving to town,” Mr. Modigliani said. “By the end of the film, there’s a sense of disillusionment, being tired of the attention and feeling like the novelty has worn off.”
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June 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pm“Generally speaking, there was this excitement, enchantment and economic boon that came with his moving to town,” Mr. Modigliani said. “By the end of the film, there’s a sense of disillusionment, being tired of the attention and feeling like the novelty has worn off.”
gee, I wonder why?
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pmyou mean they had a rude awakening is more like it. Disillusionment, ha!
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:07 pmSo now, even the sheeple of Craw-f’ing’-ford, TX can feel the same pain the rest of us feel. The novelty wore off for many of us before the 2000 fiasco. How enlightening!
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:07 pmNo comment but some reality
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pmReminds me of how those of us in a little town in Maine felt and for those still there probably still feel
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pmBush only bought the scrub-brush patch of land to play the role of a cowboy (see Ronald Reagan). Bush was always a faker (in business, in the military, in government) and this just makes the case. I wonder if the good folks of Crawford know Bush bought land in Paraguay to escape the inevitable crimes against humanity indictment?
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pmJohn Yoo says:
Are/is we safer, yet?
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June 2nd, 2008 at 5:13 pmdbadass Says:
Reminds me of how those of us in a little town in Maine felt and for those still there probably still feel
Probably not unlike how Yale and Harvard feel about their “illustrious” poster boy with the Naugahyde sheepskins with their crests on them..
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:13 pmit reminds me of how Nemo felt when his fish mom was eaten.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:13 pmImagine that…
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:15 pmStratRat Says:
Bush only bought the scrub-brush patch of land to play the role of a cowboy (see Ronald Reagan). Bush was always a faker (in business, in the military, in government) and this just makes the case. I wonder if the good folks of Crawford know Bush bought land in Paraguay to escape the inevitable crimes against humanity indictment?
tell me about it! working a farm is actually hard word. He probably can’t even drive a tractor!
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 pmNow Crawford can change the sign to “Welcome to Crawford, Home of the Worst President Ever!”
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 pmtell me about it! working a farm is actually hard word. He probably can’t even drive a tractor!
He sure cannot drive a tractor, but he surely is driving all of us to drink.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 pmMaybe if they change the name to Crayfish…
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pmomg, could you imagine what those poor people go through when they talk to other people about their home town. Imagine the shame.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pmThey should change the name of the town to…
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pmScott McClellan, TX
People of Crawford, we feel your pain. We’ve been sick of him for a very long time, too.
- The American Public
PEACE
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 pmThe polish is off the turd !!! Yea
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm“feeling like the novelty has worn off”
Well, it has worn off on just about everybody by now.
But then again, there are those who don’t have the brains to see the truth and still worship this worthless piece of shit.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pmWell, sure they are disillusioned. How would you like to have to look at that billboard every day for 8 years?
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 pmWhat kind of Zoning board approved that thing it is god awful visually and what point does it serve? I lived for years right down the road from a presidents home and no one in that town ever thought a ridiculous billboard was needed. Don’t these people have any aesthetic appreciations?
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 pmTotalitarians typically enjoy seeing very large images of themselves displayed in public places.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:42 pmTotalitarians typically enjoy seeing very large images of themselves displayed in public places.
Kinda like that big mustachioed statue in Baghdad that came tumbling down, maybe?
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pmI am still in awe that no wise ass kids have defaced this badboy yet. No doubt the billboard has 24/7 secret service protection. What self respecting teen could turn down such an obvious target
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:49 pmupside99 Says:
Kinda like that big mustachioed statue in Baghdad that came tumbling down, maybe?
I imagine the residents will tie some ropes to that billboard and pull it down next January.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pmThe good thing for the residents of Crawford is that, as soon as Bush is out of office, and no longer needs his fake ranch for PR purposes, he will sell it and get the hell out of there faster than a jack rabbit running from a brush fire.
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:10 pmThe people of Crawford say:
Take down the sign! Please, please, please!!! Take it down! Oh, please take it down! For the love of GOD, take…it…down!!!!!
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:20 pmThey must replace that billboard every week. Surely it’s had a handlebar mustache at some point…
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:33 pmor a “womb broom”
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 pmking midas strikes agin!
god protect paraguay …
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 pmghost town
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:27 pm“By the end of the film, there’s a sense of disillusionment, being tired of the attention and feeling like the novelty has worn off.”
them Crawford crackers gotta be PURTEE s-low on the ol’ up-take, by gosh; that had happened to the rest of us by the end of january, 2000…
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:14 pmC/o Badass: Don’t these people have any aesthetic appreciations?
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Your short answer, brought to by your Dept of Short Answers, is:
No. No, they do not have any aesthetic appreciations. They have cows and pigs, and if you’ve got a pretty prolific breeded, you put up a picture near the road and hope to attract passing inseminators and such./..
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:17 pmYa think he’ll ever have the nerve to just drive into town to buy some groceries? Hit a few bars? Doubt it.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:23 pmThis is probably true. Bush used Crawford Texas (and they went along willingly because Bush was such a “man”, when in reality he was a fake cowboy), now he doesn’t need them anymore. You got used, Crawford, how do you feel?
It’s not disillusionment, it’s the feeling you’ve been cheated.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:41 pmThe Yankee candy store cowboy who’s afraid of horses losing popularity in Crawford? We’re shocked, shocked, I tell you!
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 pm#36 JaneneAG, if you’re right, there’ll be alot of relieved horses in Crawford. They’re never certain when they might get ‘milked’ again.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 pmI just don’t like the fact that this guy set out from the start to make an anti-Bush film. I prefer a little more objectivity than that!
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:09 am