As an American indignantly sings the proud lyrics of their national anthem, their glorious song eventually ends in the significant proclamation that their immense country is “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. However, when has this statement ever truly been revered in an Americans heart, are these impulsive civilians really confident in their crowded cities or suburban neighbourhoods? In his investigative documentary “Bowling for Columbine”, Michael Moore depicts that Americans have constantly lived in terror for hundreds of years, which all began when the pilgrims left England due to the fear of persecution. After many perilous years passed by in American history, innovative inventors eventually came up with the most easily-accessible
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Afterwards, Moore’s documentary displays a montage of detrimental American foreign policy decisions. This montage is created in order to oppose McCollum 's statement by showing examples of how frequently United States has actually been the aggressor country. Ironically, this montage is set to the song "What a Wonderful World". The predominant theme of fear is displayed in this dramatic scene of Moore’s investigation. Due to the irrational fears that the American government has, Moore makes the connection that this is the main reason why the United States has always been world’s most powerful aggressor. Moreover, he decides to combine calm, peaceful music into the harsh montage, to further intensify the negative aspects of American foreign policy, from a timespan of over fifty years. In the scene, there is a variety of short videos and images, which commenced with the overthrowing of Prime Minister Mossadeq of Iran and the installation Shah as dictator in 1953 and ended with a frightening clip of the second plane crashing into the World Trade Center during September 11, all because of the CIA trained terrorists controlled by Osama bin Laden. Each different video contains a short explanation of the context of the image. This visual …show more content…
The startling mosaic creates an overwhelmingly pessimistic perspective of the United States government, which forces the audience to question many of the ludicrous political decisions America still continues to make. Though these pictures thoroughly provide a fierce moral, the song played in the background reinforces the power these images have. The iconic song is “What a Wonderful World” performed by Louis Armstrong. The happiness of the song, intertwined with the violent, depressing images, gives an ironic message to the song, as the audience begins to question whether living in America, or even the world is truly “wonderful”. The answer is made intensely apparent when the song ends and screaming is heard when the plane hits the World Trade Center. On the other hand, “A Brief History on America” is explained to the audience of “Bowling for Columbine” about how Americans grew to fear everything in their world. The narrator of this “South Park” inspired cartoon is, of course, a bullet caricature. The audience learns that the American people originated from the Pilgrims, who were afraid of being persecuted in England. Afterwards, the animation ends with American citizens flocking to gated suburbs, where they will temporarily be able to
Afterwards, Moore’s documentary displays a montage of detrimental American foreign policy decisions. This montage is created in order to oppose McCollum 's statement by showing examples of how frequently United States has actually been the aggressor country. Ironically, this montage is set to the song "What a Wonderful World". The predominant theme of fear is displayed in this dramatic scene of Moore’s investigation. Due to the irrational fears that the American government has, Moore makes the connection that this is the main reason why the United States has always been world’s most powerful aggressor. Moreover, he decides to combine calm, peaceful music into the harsh montage, to further intensify the negative aspects of American foreign policy, from a timespan of over fifty years. In the scene, there is a variety of short videos and images, which commenced with the overthrowing of Prime Minister Mossadeq of Iran and the installation Shah as dictator in 1953 and ended with a frightening clip of the second plane crashing into the World Trade Center during September 11, all because of the CIA trained terrorists controlled by Osama bin Laden. Each different video contains a short explanation of the context of the image. This visual …show more content…
The startling mosaic creates an overwhelmingly pessimistic perspective of the United States government, which forces the audience to question many of the ludicrous political decisions America still continues to make. Though these pictures thoroughly provide a fierce moral, the song played in the background reinforces the power these images have. The iconic song is “What a Wonderful World” performed by Louis Armstrong. The happiness of the song, intertwined with the violent, depressing images, gives an ironic message to the song, as the audience begins to question whether living in America, or even the world is truly “wonderful”. The answer is made intensely apparent when the song ends and screaming is heard when the plane hits the World Trade Center. On the other hand, “A Brief History on America” is explained to the audience of “Bowling for Columbine” about how Americans grew to fear everything in their world. The narrator of this “South Park” inspired cartoon is, of course, a bullet caricature. The audience learns that the American people originated from the Pilgrims, who were afraid of being persecuted in England. Afterwards, the animation ends with American citizens flocking to gated suburbs, where they will temporarily be able to