Bowling for Columbine
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Actor: Bill Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Dick Cheney, Dick Clark, Michael CaldwellBrand: MOORE,MICHAEL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Bowling for Columbine
Movie Review: Raises several credibility issues for all of his movies.
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a native Coloradan and I attened a high school very close to Columbine and a Junior High right across the street from Columbine and I noticed several blatant lies about this "documentary." It made it seem like Littleton was just a place where they hash out war machines leaving children to face some Lord Of The Flies like reality. It made it seem as if Lockheed Martin made the town into some kind of Hans Scorpio evil village. It's not like that at all, it is one of the few suburbs where you can see children playing in the street and if anything would be a Stepford Wives like community if put in a negative light. You don't see missles passing by on the highway like he claims, and the stuff about NORAD and the Air Force Academy affecting the way people in Littleton think is rediculous. It's over an hour and a half away and I know Colorado Springs natives that aren't even aware that those things are even there. Those things are very far removed from day-to-day life, it would be like saying that something in Los Angeles affected the children in San Diego. Southwest part of Denver is also a really liberal place; it's not the NRA gun toting wild west as it is portrayed in this.
Also there were things in there that made it seem like he was putting words in people's mouths, especially the Marylin Manson interview where it was made to seem like he was being respectful of the families and canceling his Denver performance. THAT ISN'T EVEN CLOOOOSSEEE to how it was. Kids who listened to Marylin Manson and KMFDM were taken a back by this so much that they wouldn't broadcast that they liked them because there was the inevitable witch hunt that proceeded the events. Nobody would have purchased tickets that soon, no concert promoter would TOUCH a Marylin Manson concert at that time. I've noticed in all of his documentaries he capitalizes on poor decisions made right after troubling and confusing events, waits until everyone forgets and then swoops in. In the first few days after 9/11 people were acting very irrationally, which is 100% natural given the onset confusion and hostility that comes from that. I will let anyone who didn't feel any sorrow, any hostility, and any fear cast the first stone if you disagree. You can't film drunken guys at a bachelor party and say that's the kind of people they always are. I'm also saying you can't vilify or iconize people who are simply protecting their own interests.
Summary of Bowling for Columbine
Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore (Roger & Me) takes aim at America's love affair with guns and violence in this Oscar(r)-winning* film that "demands attention" (People)! Mixing riveting footage, hilarious animation and candid interviews with everyone from the NRA's Charlton Heston to shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, Bowling for Columbine is a "brilliant" (The Hollywood Reporter) tour de force of filmmaking. *2002: Documentary FeatureMichael Moore's superb documentary (following in the footsteps of Roger & Me and The Big One) tackles a meaty subject: gun control. Moore skillfully lays out arguments surrounding the issue and short-circuits them all, leaving one impossible question: why do Americans kill each other more often than people in any other democratic nation? Moore focuses his quest around the shootings at Columbine High School and the shooting of one 6-year-old by another near his own hometown of Flint, Michigan. By approaching the headquarters of K-Mart (where the Columbine shooters bought their ammo) and going to Charlton Heston's own home, Moore demands accountability from the forces that support unrestricted gun sales in the U.S. His arguments are conducted with the humor and empathy that have made Moore more than just a gadfly; he's become a genuine voice of reason in a world driven by fear and greed. --Bret Fetzer
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