Michael Moores ‘Bowling for Columbine’ Essay -- Michael Moore, Bowlin

Michael Moore was born on April twenty-third 1954. Hes An American film maker, author and a bragging(a) political commentator. He has directed and produced four of the eight highest grossing documentaries of all time. In 2005 Time Magazine named Moore hotshot of the worlds Hundred almost influential people. The documentary Bowling for columbine explores the possible causes for the Columbine High School massacre. It has won the Best Documentary feature at both the Academy and Independent Spirit Awards, together with the Csar pureness for best foreign films.In this sequence we see American star jets dropping bombs on residential areas of a village in Kosovo. accordingly the American President, Bill Clinton, says they are trying not to hurt innocuous civilians. Following this theres a caption reading one hour later with the President talking about the shooting at Columbine High School, now a transition occurs where the screen fades to a picture of the schools entrance, showing a plaque which reads Columbine High School-Home of the Rebels. The icon changes to a subjective point of view shot, showing someone go into school while the audio is of a sad, acoustic guitar. As the some system walks through the school with his camera he ironically stops and takes footage of a soldier with a gun in his hand. CCTV (close circuit television) footage is then shown of the children at the school scurrying about trying to protect themselves from the onslaught of ammunition and explosives. A shot of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold firing rounds of ammunition and throwing grenades around the hall is followed, during this a telephone call to the emergency services from Erics father express that his son was involved in the shooting is played over the top. We... ... in addition exposes the U.S government because when President Clinton states that they are trying to minimise the civilian casualties, he forgets to say that the Americans targeted hospitals and primary schools. If I was an American I would feel dishonored and ashamed of my people. Michael Moore uses all the techniques of film making like location, lighting and body language to help the viewers identify the genre and context of the film. He produces a brilliant and enthralling documentary on the Columbine shooting. I think the sequence is quite thought provoking. Perhaps its still a subtle reminder for us to stop and think for a moment if we are heading in the right direction or should we turn a blind eye to whatever is happening around us? My opinion is that such violence, the use of guns and ammunition, should be totally condemned in any part of the world.