Olympia Film Society - OFS

The Yes Men Fix The World

(Film Showing)

	General

Date:

Tuesday 12/1/2009

9 Month(s) 5 Day(s) ago

Time:

9:00 pm

Notes:

Dir: Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno/2009/US/ 87 minutes
"Take the prankster chutzpah of Sacha Baron Cohen. Pair it with Michael Moore's crusading lefty outrage. Add two frazzled-looking guys in cheap suits. What do you get? The Yes Men Fix The World, globe-trotting "culture jammers" who pose as corporate mouthpieces - and cause all sorts of mischief for all sorts of people in power. In their risible new sequel, "The Yes Men Fix the World," they ramp up the production values, yielding a slicker, nervier film that's also - unexpectedly - more sincere.
They're no longer content to just spoof the stuffing out of monolithic business interests. Instead, they want to change things.
Mike Bonanno is the Yes Man who narrates "Fix the World" and sticks behind the scenes for most of the stunts. In the spotlight is Andy Bichlbaum, an angular, nervy fellow who shows up to speak whenever one of the group's fake Web sites - mocking Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, Halliburton - draws an invitation to speak at a convention or press event." Amy Biancolli,San Francisco Chronicle

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The Yes Men Fix The World