Bowling for Colbine

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A documentary often serves to position the viewer to consider the perspective that it presents. Michael Moore's 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine (what a wonderful world) is about a shooting massacre that assured at columbine high school. Moores uses the incident as to ask questions as to why america is such a a violent nation, full of fear that people are driven to the extent of having to posses a weapon so as to feel safer. Moore compares America to there neighboring country canada frequently, using examples such as the similar gun laws that they have and how they not feel the need to own a gun to feel safe. Moore also interviews a variety of people like Charlton Heston the former president of the national rifle association (NRA) and celebrity icons and other people off the streets. Moore's documentary has positioned me to feel that although it is americas history to have the right to bare arms,the law is not really required any more, and although some Americans are purely gun enthusiasts, there should not be such a high rate of people being allowed to own. There should be more licensing requirement put in place so as to help to limit the crime rate in America. For example when Moore sees A add in the paper saying of you open up a account at the bank you will get a free gun. Through interviews moore's makes people look how he wants them to look. He makes the farmer that he interviews seem like a crazy person he dose this by puting into his mouth. It is a very different story with Marlene Manson he made his sound really smart and he didn't stop him when he was talking he just let him go and let him get his point across. This showed us that he was very careful in his interviews and thought about what he was going to say and who he was saying it to. I think that Moore used his interviews really well and they were really effective. Moore compares
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