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Friday, 10 January 2014

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

A documentary about the American public’s love of guns. For someone like me, who lives on the other side of the Atlantic, Moore’s carefully selected footage paints a horrifying picture of a culture out of control and so deeply entrenched in the mechanics of fear that they either can't or choose not to see the destructive reality they've created.
It'll make gun-haters even more aware of the depth of the malady, but there's also a danger that the film will strengthen the fears of gun-lovers and make them feel more justified in fulfilling their needs.
It’s been twelve years since the film‘s release; has anything really changed since then or are Moore's observations just as relevant?

5 correlations out of 5

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