Bowling for Columbineby Michael Moore

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Background InfoWon the Oscar for best documentary, 2003

News event: school shooting at Columbine High in Colorado, 1999

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Bowling for Columbine

“Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?”

-Michael Moore

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Other reactions“Michael Moore’s controversial documentary about gun control in America is at once horrifying and hilarious. He asks big, probing questions about the world’s sole superpower, questions that are seldom raised on so public a stage.”

-Daily Telegraph

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Other reactions“This is a big, brawling mix of ideas and interviews, with wacky clips, spoofs and pastiches, some devastatingly funny and pertinent, some of them pretty lame.”

The Guardian

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Questions1. What surprises you?

2. Are there uses of humour?

3. How do voice-over & music anchor the meaning of the pictures?

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Questions4. Why do you think Moore chooses to feature himself in the bank scene? continued...

5. What is the effect of featuring himself in the bank scene?

6. Can you detect a bias or point of view yet?

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