Analysis of Bowling for Columbine Robin Bråthen 1st8 What causes the United States of America to have the highest rate of people being shot when other countries also allows guns? Michael Moore is a movie director maker‚ and is making documentaries. He wants to take us through his movie about the rare gun laws in the United States of America. The documentary is named: “Bowling for Columbine”. The documentary “bowling for Columbine” is a documentary about the much needed gun security in United
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Bowling for Columbine One of the most important goals director Michael Moore set for himself was to deliver a plethora of insightful and through interviews. Throughout all these interviews‚ a common theme that Moore sought to address was regarding gun control. More specifically‚ he sought to inform his viewers of the different sides and perspectives people take about guns‚ and how they are handled. Naturally‚ when Michael Moore interviewed citizens from Michigan about such a tense subject‚ the
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Behind the Camera Lens (Moore presented in the film wielding a gun) Following the massacre of Columbine High School‚ Colorado‚ controversial filmmaker Michael Moore‚ ventured into creating the societal criticism documentary that explored gun violence throughout the United States. The documentary Bowling for Columbine (2002)‚ directed‚ produced‚ and written by Moore‚ deconstructs the events of this massacre‚ other school shooting‚ American gun culture‚ media coverage of such events‚ paranoia‚ racism
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Most every high school in America has its own set of "cliques" or social castes whose members mingle mostly within the one clique. Many schools have unique groups according to the area such as "surfers"‚ "snow bunnies"‚ and "hicks" referring to people who surf‚ snow ski/board‚ or take on more rural looks. However‚ most schools share some common groups such as "preppies" who are usually the upper class students with more money‚ "goths" who are earmarked by their usually black clothes and body piercings
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Comparison of Bowling for Columbine and Let’s Talk About Sex We all know the infamous author Michael Moore for his dark sense of humor that has shed its light on America in different ways. He is great at the craft of documentaries‚ and in my opinion it is one of the best that I have ever seen. “Bowling for Columbine‚” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. In many ways this film had me uneasy‚ yet I feel it is one of the most compelling documentaries that I have seen. Throughout this documentary
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heard‚ which could affect the outcome of was actually instructed of one to complete. The instance of the Shooting at Columbine High reminds me of when you take ten people‚ you tell the first person to pass along a message and by the time you get to the tenth person the original message is so out of context that it unclear what was said to be passed. In the Shooting at the Columbine High‚ there was way too much misinformation; a lack of information. One of the many facet of the lack of communication
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10HJS Why did the ‘Columbine shooting’ happen? The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on 20th of April 1999‚ at Columbine High School in Columbine‚ Colorado‚ United States. Two senior students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold aged 18‚ embarked on a shooting spree in which a total of 12 students and 1 teacher were murdered. They also injured 21 other students directly‚ with three further people being injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair then committed
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The author of The Columbine Legacy Rampage Shootings as Political Acts has stated numerous purposes within this article. The first purpose of it was to explain about the events of Columbine and attempt to show the reader how this has created a large impact resulting in more wide spread school shootings taking place. With this the author tries to convey to the reader particular characteristics that differentiate a school rampage shooting from a wide range of other school related incidents where violence
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The movie Bowling for Columbine has shown sorrow and happiness to the viewers. It shows the ugly things that happen in the world‚ but it also showed the changes that have been made so far. It shows how all the good in the world is slowly disappearing and turning into fear. Most people travel to work‚ schools‚ and many other places in fear of not being sure what kind of danger will appear before their eyes. When people are in their homes they make sure they lock their doors because they know if they
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Bowling for Columbine: A Narrow View of a Complicated Story The 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
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