sorry to be dribbling this story in so many bits but there are a coupla things ive gotta clean up from the last email - its a fast moving story and im lagging.

on friday sis says "she's dumbfounded by reports that liberal icon Michael Moore had filmed an interview with her late brother" and is expecting to wait two weeks to see the video.

by midday saturday "she saw the video footage as a “gift.”" with no mention of her prior concerns. remember this is an apparently close family with father and son in biz together, and nick was an avid eamiler to family and friends, yet his sister didnt know he'd been interviewed for moore's movie for 16 minutes, 6 months ago in december. (and no sign that any of the others knew either). i know a bloke who got his pic taken with michael moore and couldnt wait to email it to his mates ;-)

"Moore on Thursday confirmed he had footage of Berg — shot for the anti-President Bush film Fahrenheit 9/11 — but said he would share it only with the family. Berg's brother and sister praised Moore for that, and said they would also keep the footage private.
"Sara Berg said her brother seemed enthusiastic in the footage. David Berg said it was “weird seeing Nick talk,” but described the interview as dry. He said the first thing he noticed was that his younger brother — who was most comfortable in casual clothes — wore a suit.
"It's one of the few times I've seen him dressed up, and he looked really good,” David Berg said by phone from his home outside Newark, N.J.

each to their own, but i know some parents who'd be uncomfortable if the final image of their son was having his head hacked off, and would prefer to be reminded of how normal he is and how good he looked in a suit and all that. its not like theres anything personal in the video - it is 'dry' - technical presumably - the "tower guy" showing his competence and talking about how he was trying to help the world and all that.

"The interview, which was not conducted by Moore, centred on the technical work Berg hoped to find repairing radio towers. Berg, 26 when he died, also talks about humanitarian work he did in Uganda and Kenya."

if u were a proud mum, would you prefer to show that footage to try to minimise the impact of the beheading images?

and finally (for the mo!), i cant help but notice the apparent incongruity of them not releasing a dry video, but both the bro and sis separately are kinda happy to be interviewed about it...

im not sure whether we are getting closer to or further from the truth on this lil matter...