The Venice film festival 2004 on the famous "Lido di Venecia" is over and the festivals golden lions in front of the exebition are placed to rest till next year.

Michael Moore did not show his latest movie Fahrenheit 9/11 here because he would have to seize commercial marketing of the movie if competing for a price in Venice.

For Michael Moore it was a easy desition to stay off - "quote":

Its far more important with the commercial showing of Fahrenheit 9/11 in as many theaters in the US as possible to get rid of the Bush junta then to compete for a price / lion in Venice

This plan will probably not work out - Many believe that president Bush has won the second term thanks to broad masses of uninformed or informed only by Fox, assisted by Diebold and the Supreme Court as backup (just in case) already.