he also responded to suggestions that the award was political: "quentin [tarantino] whispered in my ear, 'we want you to know that it was not the politics of your film that won you this award. we are not here to give a political award. some of us have no politics. we awarded the art of cinema, that is what won you this award and we wanted you to know that as a fellow filmmaker.'" in comments to the prize-winning jury in 2005, cannes director gilles jacob said that panels should make their decision based on filmmaking rather than politics. he expressed his opinion that though moore's talent was not in doubt, "it was a question of a satirical tract that was awarded a prize more for political than cinematographic reasons, no matter what the jury said". interviewed about the decision four years later, tarantino responded: "as time has gone on, i have put that decision under a microscope and i still think we were right. that was a movie of the moment – "fahrenheit 9/11" may not play the same way now as it did then, but back then it deserved everything it got."