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HuMoore in Documentaries. Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger
& Me are all very controversial and important documentary ...
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Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger & Me are all very controversial and important documentary films for today’s generation. Michael Moore produced all of these films, and his style is evident throughout them. Each of these films touches upon a important issues that face America and how each of those issues are dealt with. Moore, unlike many documentary producers, incorporates humor into his films in the way of irony rather than blatant humor.
Michael Moore brings us a very thought provoking film that questions the very foundations of American society. ‘Bowling for Columbine’ is a film directed, written and produced by Michael Moore. Through his trademark comedic style and his informal tone his quest takes into the Columbine massacre, Oklahoma bombing and other acts of gun violence. And he asks the ultimate question: What is the cause of America’s gun violence?
On one hand he shows the innocence of the militia. And the American peoples belief that owning a gun is their right and their duty. But more prominently he looks at the dark side of guns. The Oklahoma bombings, Columbine High School massacre, are just some of the stories that take him around the country.
The film’s name comes from the myth that the two boys, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold responsible for the Columbine High School Massacre went bowling that morning before the shooting. Moore also includes bowling in other parts of the film. Ironically the Michigan Militia use bowling pins as there targets for shooting. When he interviews two girls from Columbine High School they state that they have a bowling class as a subject which has little or no educational value.
Moore’s main aims are to provide an insight into the causes and reasons of the Columbine High School massacre. Are violent movies to blame for gun violence? No; as Moore points out, Canada’s youth also anticipate the next Hollywood bloodbath. What about video games are they to blame? No; Japan has...
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