Filmmaker, author, and political activist Michael Moore
turns his eye on America's
“obsession” with guns and the accessibility in his third feature-length
documentary. The title of the film is from a pair of loosely related incidents.
On April 20, 1999, shortly before they began their infamous killing spree at Columbine High School
in Little ton, CO, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attended
their favorite class. A bowling course held at a bowling alley near the school,
the same bowling alley which would become the scene of a robbery and triple
homicide two years later. Moore considers the
link between random violence and the game of ten pins; along the way, Moore calls on the Michigan
Militia. Also spends some time with James Nichols, brother of Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry
Nichols, visits K-Mart's corporate offices but brings two teenagers injured in
the Columbine massacre. Moore
asks K- Mart to stop selling bullets for handguns. He also compares crime
statistics in the United States
with those of Canada
despite higher unemployment manages. Finally Moore
question actor and known National Rifle Association president Charlton Huston
regarding his appearance at a pro-gun rally held in Little ton after the Columbine massacre. Bowling
for Columbine first Screening was in 2002 at the Ann Arbor Film Festival
.The film's official Premiere though took place at the Cannes Film
Festival.
This is a clip from the Document when Moore interviews Maryland Manson the singer, I feel the most important part is when Manson opened up on a real media issue of how government made him and escape goat, and then gives his own perspective of the overall issues that were going on at the time. How quickly the government and media but this issues on pop icons for the masses but the best part of this clip is when, Manson last words that should really open media and civilian life's who were turned against him " I wouldn't say a single word to them I would listen to what they had to say because that's what no one did."
