Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism’ Poster, Limited Release Date Becomes One-Week Special Engagement

Fandango has the poster for Michael Moore’s upcoming economic crisis documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” which hits theaters on October 2nd in wide release.

What do you think? Personally we’re a bit indifferent. It’s not the rousing call to arms that we hoped, but maybe Moore’s trying to take a softer edge and not come across as being obnoxious, bully-ish or annoying.

We were hoping for some sort of agit-prop, Shepard Fariey, Obama-poster aesthetic. Apparently commenters over at InContention dislike the fact that Moore is on the actual poster, but Jeff Wells defends the decision, arguing, “Moore is always the star of his films. His mentality/attitude/snark is the point.”

Which is pretty much correct. Still, with the economic crisis being such a hot-button topic, we sorta wish he wouldn’t soft-shoe it with the visual approach. Maybe he’s just trying to soften his image, which we understand.

The film plays at TIFF in two weeks and we’ll be making our best efforts to see it there. As we noted a few weeks ago, “Capitalism” had its limited release date bumped up to September 23, but apparently, according to /Film, it’s only going to be a “one week special limited engagement” in New York (Lincoln Plaza, Angelika) and Los Angeles (Arclight Hollywood, The Landmark), a good nine days before it hits national theaters on October 2nd. Sounds like Overture is trying to make it sound like a special deal but really, all it is, is a normal limited release plan, minus two days where the picture is not in theaters. Oh well, all the more power to Michael Moore and we really hope apathetic American audiences try and turn out for this one.

We guess this means if we happen to miss the film at the Toronto Film Fest we can easily see it early the following week. What to do, what to do… (we’re still juggling our TIFF plans and schedule).