uncovering michael moore's true mission
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Review of Bowling For ColumbineTRANSCRIPT
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Bowling For Columbine
Film ReviewJill Margerison
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A dramatic examination of America’s gun usage
Does America have a violent soul?
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Reviewing this movie?• Moore informing, entertaining or persuading?
• Key elements for analysis:
• Camera angles, editing, special effects, dialogue, setting, music
Ever thought about Michael Moore’s directorial choice to dress the way he does and seeks street interviews with the public?
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“Happiness is a Warm Gun.”..
Germany- 381France- 255Canada- 165
The United Kingdom- 68Japan - 39
America- 11,127
“Do you think it is a little dangerous
handing out guns at a bank?”
“The gun, not the eagle is our true
national symbol.”..
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"What A Wonderful World" Selected for controversial montage.
• 1954: over 200K Guatemalans killed when U.S. overthrows democratically-elected President Arbenz
• 1963: U.S. backs assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem.
• 1963-1975: American military kills 4 million people in Southeast Asia.
• September 11, 1973: U.S. stages coup in Chile. Democratically-elected President Salvador Allende assassinated. Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed. 5,000 Chileans murdered.
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US Imperial Expansion?
• 1977: U.S. backs El Salvador military junta. 70K Salvadorans killed.
• 1980s: U.S. trains Osama bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA contributes $3 billion
• 1981: Reagan administration trains & funds Contras. 30K Nicaraguans die.
• 1982: U.S. provides billions of dollars in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
• 1983: The White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
• 1989: CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as President of Panama) disobeys orders from Washington. U.S. invades Panama and removes Noriega. 3,000 Panamanian civilian casualties.
• 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from U.S.
• 1991: U.S. enters Iraq. Bush reinstates dictator of Kuwait.
• 1998: Clinton bombs possible weapons factory in Sudan. Factory turns out to be making aspirin.
1991-?: American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. U.N. estimates 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions.2000-2001: U.S. gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in aid.Sept. 11, 2001: Osama bin Laden uses his expert CIA training to murder 3,000 people.
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"You all better hide in your houses because I'm
coming for EVERYONE soon, and I WILL be armed
to the teeth and I WILL shoot to kill and I WILL KILL EVERYTHING!“
- Eric Harris, Journal Entry
Columbine High School, Jefferson County, Colorado
Tuesday, April 20th, 1999
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Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold actions resulted in 15 dead and 23 injured.
The shooters bought their ammunition at Kmart in Troy, Michigan
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Is Moore on a mission to discover the truth? Did he arm with a camera to spark change?It appears to be a ‘David and Goliath’ like battle. Why?
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Do you believe American’s thrive on the power of a gun?
It can be argued that Moore takes on the corporate ‘big guns’.
Who are the corporate ‘big guns’?
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Controversial?
Informative
Intriguing
Is Moore approachable?
Is the media a powerful ally?
Does Moore pull a powerful marketing stunt?
Is Moore’s mission a futile one?
Does Bowling for Columbine make you think?
Do you believe that Moore succeeded?
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Moore’s Impossible Mission?
• Armed with a camera and a documentary budget of 4 million dollars, Moore is determined to discover the root cause of America’s obsession with the gun.