Michael Moore Is Never Modest

Even Michael Moore’s staunchest admirers would admit that modesty is not one of his virtues. In his memoir Here Comes Trouble Moore describes a last-minute wobble about the title of Roger & Me, his 1989 debut film about General Motors sacking tens of thousands of workers in his hometown. He wanted to change it to Bad Day at Buick City until a film festival organiser dissuaded him: “The name of this film is the one you gave it – Roger & Me – and that’s the perfect name.”