1999 at Columbine High School‚ Colorado‚ Two students: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebald stormed the school grounds with two semi-automatic rifles and home made explosives‚ killing 12 students and a teacher‚ as well as injuring 21 others. The pair then committed suicide. This event was the inspiration for Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling For Columbine. In this film he tackles the issue of gun control in America and why they are so different to other countries around the world. Bowling for Columbine
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Bowling for Columbine Bowling for Columbine has been written‚ directed‚ produced‚ and narrated by Michael Moore who has used a number of techniques to produce a piece of work about Americas fascination with guns and violence. This documentary discovers the reasons for the Columbine High School massacre along with further actions of violence in America. Moore emphasises on the background of gun violence and captures some of the communities’ views of the massacre and other associated problems. This
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Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore’s Film Bowling for Columbine raises many interesting points and makes you as a active audience member think about the atrocities of what happened‚ it too forces you to try and understand what circumstances bring people to be so evil. I believe Moore’s thesis statement in the film “Bowling for Columbine” is that you can’t blame gun violence on a specific event. So for example videos games‚ Marilyn Mason and bowling are not to blame for violence in today’s society
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Bowling For Columbine Essay In Bowling for Columbine‚ Michael Moore’s documentary film he proposes that the availability of guns is directly influencing the increasing gun related incidents that are taking place in the U.S. Furthermore‚ he points out that the media is manipulating these killings to create a culture of fear. Moore uses narrative elements and film language to persuade us to embrace his proposal while being entertained. The availability of guns in the U.S is causing
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2014 Bowling for Columbine Michael Marshall once said “you can’t stop being afraid by pretending everything that scares you is there” that evidently means that fear is not real. It is the product of thoughts you create‚ however danger is real‚ but fear is a choice. When following Michael Moore’s journey in the documentary Bowling for Columbine‚ it is proven that most‚ if not all Americans live in fear. In doing so‚ he learns that the conventional answers of easy availability of guns ultimately
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What would drive two teenagers to comit such a horriffic tragedy as what happened at Columbine? In Bowling for Columbine director Michael Moore takes a look at gun violence in America and the causes behind such horriffic events that have led to Columbine. In the film Michael Moore explores the question "What makes the US have the most gun deaths than the rest of the world?" By exploring this Moore and his viewers explore a variety of reasons‚ The strongest point made by Moore is that largely
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Bowling for Columbine. 1. Give a short summary of the movie. 2. What is your opinion about the NRA? 3. Give examples where Michael Moore uses humor or irony! 4. What is the difference between USA and Canada? 5. What is the “welfare to work” – program? 6. Describe what happened at the K-mart. 1. Short summary: “Bowling for Columbine” is a humorous and horrifying film about the United States. The director of the film Michael Moore asks a country‚ who has plenty of guns‚ where schools have detectors
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documentary ‘Bowling for Columbine’ presents strong messages concerning the low gun control and the high murder rate in “the land of the free”. Directed by Michael Moore‚ the documentary shows the follies of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the US government‚ often in a satirical fashion. This use of humour and other techniques allowed Moore to win many awards for the documentary‚ including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 2003‚ but the largest victory ‘Bowling for Columbine’ had was
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Bowling for Columbine Introduction When I first heard the name of the film; ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ I thought this was a movie only about the Columbine High School Massacre in year 1999. I was wrong about it. This movie is much more than that; he dug for the truth – how come the massacre happened. I will be focusing on how the movie is build up‚ how he gets the attention‚ because I have never seen anything a exciting documentary before. Main Ideas In this documentary it is the real
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Michael Moore’s documentary‚ ’Bowling for Columbine’‚ highlights the devastating state of gun violence within the United States. He also examines the events leading up to the tragic events that occurred at the massacre at Columbine High School as well as the impacts this had on society. The film was released October 11th‚ 2002 and was met with both critical and commercial success. It is now considered to be one of the best documentaries to ever be created‚ according to The Guardian. The premise
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