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    The film includes aspects of the Columbine High School Massacre where a total of 12 students were murdered due to a violent school shooting. A school is stereotyped to comprise of students encouraging one another with compassion and respect and for most parts this stereotype is true, however, cases such as the massacre at Columbine High School occur. Moore excels at looking into the violence that can occur in schools. Two students…

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    The 2002 documentary film Bowling For Columbine written and produced by Michael Moore, explores the reason why American society suffers from gun violence. Michael Moore is a multi-award winning filmmaker producing and directing numerous films including Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling For Columbine which were both winners of the Academy Award for Documentary Film. In the film, Moore investigates several gun-related crimes, focusing on the Columbine high school massacre where two seemingly harmless…

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    for instance. Bowling for Columbine draws your eye to one specific topic throughout the 2 hour documentary which is the gun control in America, how easy it is to get your hands on a gun and the Columbine High school massacre in 1999. Documentaries allow you to reflect on an issue within your society and engage with the world. Documentaries help you to see the bigger picture on an issue. Documentaries allow you to develop an opinion on an issue. Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine uses…

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    Bowling For Columbine Bowling for columbine is a groundbreaking production, that take you into one of the most devastating events in American history. Director Michael Moore gave audience members an in-depth look at the events leading up to the Horrific shooting. Throughout the entirety of the film Moore uses numerous interviews as well statistics. Bowling for Columbine is a thoughtful provoking film, with an underlying message of gun control and injustice in America. Michael was able to use…

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    In 2002, the critically acclaimed documentary “Bowling for columbine” was released by left-wing activist, Michael Moore, which displays his bias and negative opinion towards America’s second amendment and much of what it represents. Moore uses a vast variety of documentary techniques to illustrate the uncontrollable and hazardous nature of gun and general weapon accessibility in America and how changes are needed as it promotes violence. As seen in the film, Moore uses many documentary devices…

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    Using interviews has played a major part in structuring Moore’s Bowling for Columbine. Alongside this persuasive format, Moore creates a sense of independence for the viewer, directly speaking to them through the use of rhetorical questioning. Speaking to the viewer and the whole of America, Moore asks us “why are we afraid…

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    The documentary that I watched was Michael Moore’s 2002 documentary, Bowling for Columbine. The film follows Michael Moore around the country as he interviews both everyday people and corporate leadership, amongst others, in order to get to the root of America’s obsession with guns. He centers his questions on gun use and ownership from the perspective of the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado. Aside from the high school massacre, Moore also questions other horrific shooting deaths,…

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    Michael Moore 's Bowling for Columbine, a 2002 American film tries to explore various things that Moore suggested as the root causes for the Columbine High School Massacre, as well as some other acts of violence with guns. Moore’s documentary film aims at examining the culture of guns as well as violence in the United States to find out how the massacres were possible. Moore’s primary argument in the film emphasized that the majority of the Americans are kept frightened of each other, which is…

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    Moore in 2006, “Bowling for Columbine” demonstrates how Michael Moore reaches a sizable audience, for example gun owners. He also explains the causes of gun violence in the United States. With Michael Moore using Columbine High School as an example sets a standard throughout the film. Moore establishes the ethos by describing his childhood and his passion for guns and by mentioning his membership in the NRA. Moore also studies the unexplained theories for the violence at Columbine High School.…

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    In the film Bowling for Columbine, they use poverty, the media, and extreme violence to illustrate the effects it has on the citizens of America, and what minors are doing to contribute to the violence, and why. One of topic they investigated extensively in this documentary was the media and how it compares to that of other countries, and how it could be influencing the huge number of gun deaths in America. Some Americans try to push the point that not many Canadians are colored, or that…

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