A Critique of Moore and Neltner Summary Having safe drinking water is an important debate that is going on in this country. An issue that is being questioned is whether or not the government is putting enough effort into keeping America’s drinking water safe. Adrian Moore and Tom Neltner (two professionals familiar with the issue) wrote their opinions on the subject for CQ Researcher in 2016. One agrees that the government is not putting enough effort while the other believes the opposite. In
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perspective on the past which enables History to fill in the gaps. The concepts of History & Memory are featured in the texts‚ ’The Queen’‚ a film directed by Stephen Frears‚ ’Kurt Cobain’s Suicide Letter’ and the documentary ’Fahrenheit 9/11’ by Michael Moore in a unique and evocative style. All texts are representations or constructs of events which present a point of view containing bias and subjectivity. ’The Queen’ released in 2006 uses both simulated and archival footage to engage and effect audiences
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society‚ it is people to blame‚ people are violent by nature. Moore uses many conflicting scenes‚ for example the scene of imagery of violence‚ bombs dropping‚ war and bloodshed‚ however as we are touched by these horrific images Moore chooses Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” to play as the background music. This conflicts us as an audience as it demonstrates the fact that humans are in fact violent human beings. The black man‚ Moore interviews‚ contradicts him‚ as he answers “it’s a lot lighter”
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BOWLING FOR COLOMBINE MICHEAL MOORE DOCUMANTARY There are many techniques that you can use to show in a documentary‚ facts about people‚ places and events and “Bowling for Columbine” is a documentary that shows all of those plus more. Michael Moore has got a unique way of using all the techniques that you would see in a documentary to get his story and opinion across to the viewers. Usually in documentaries the producers are behind the camera and in the editing room but what makes
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and Me Proposal and Report Writting The film Roger and me‚ by Michael Moore shows why our society is so critically flawed. Moore uses dialect throughout the film to show the true face of reality we call capitalism. It was filmed more than 20 years ago now and as sad as it is we still do see the reality of what can happen to an entire town when a plant or large corporation is moved away or closed down. Michael Moore is disguised as a TV journalist who interviews autoworkers in his hometown
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Biased viewpoint of Michael Moore tears viewers away from the actual problem‚ and perhaps even the film’s intended message itself… Alexi Heazle The idea of a documentary being an artistic or even personalised expression of a director is long gone‚ or so it seems in recent times. In Michael Moore’s latest documentary‚ Bowling for Columbine‚ he attempts to get across to viewers his‚ and essentially only his point of view‚ on the topic of gun laws. Although what Moore is trying to say is not necessarily
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savings. Moore goes into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington‚ DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies‚ abuse‚ betrayal...and 14‚000 jobs being lost every day. Capitalism: A Love Story also presents what a more hopeful future could look like. Who are we and why do we behave the way that we do? Written by Overture Films Film-maker Michael Moore begins
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film by Michael Moore. Michael Moore interviews Americans who have been denied treatment by our health care insurance companies. Throughout the documentary Michael Moore investigates health care within the United States. Moore compares health maintenance organizations in America to free health care in Canada‚ France‚ and the Great Britain. He shows viewers that the prisoners in Guantanamo have better medical treatment than some people in the United States. In the end‚ Michael Moore gets participants
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In both Blackfish (Gabriel Cowperthwaite‚ 2013) and Bowling For Columbine (Michael Moore‚ 2002) the audience is encouraged to agree to the ideas advocated by the documentary. This is done by using various designed techniques such as filming codes (technical‚ symbolic‚ written and audio) and documentary conventions (statistics‚ interviews‚ footage‚ detail‚ facts and structure) to appeal to the viewer’s emotions. In Blackfish the audience is convinced that SeaWorld does not sufficiently train their
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Jayme Watkins Professor Claus Soc 2510 27 april 2016 Roger and Me Take Home Essay “Roger and Me” was a film that was produced in 1989 by director Michael Moore. Moore was born and raised in Flint‚ Michigan. This film shows the people of Flint and the hard times they endured during a time of major layoffs and job unemployment due to GM closing multiple factories. This documentary shows different outlooks of society and the basic sociology of Flint‚ Michigan. It shows very good examples
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