With his trademark charm and biting wit, Moore sets off on a rollicking journey to the heart of America, hoping to discover why the American pursuit of happiness is so riddled with massive amounts of violence.
Moore’s daring feature-length documentary marks the first time in 46 years that a documentary has been selected for Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Blending a unique mix of humour and tragedy, the film delivers some startling punches with previously unseen and stunning footage. From the recorded tapes from the security cameras in the cafeteria the morning of the massacre at Columbine High, to the seriously injured Columbine students who take on the major corporation which sold the bullets that are now imbedded in their spines, to the Beverly Hills home of Charlton Heston, heart of the National Rifle Association, where Moore ask questions that elicit a shocking response.
Bowling For Columbine is a powerful piece of filmmaking that will resonate with audiences in these increasingly violent times. For Americans, it is a damningly funny indictment of a culture of fear that is armed to the teeth and running amuck. For everyone
else, it is a humorous warning about what could happen to any country that chooses the American Way of creating a massive permanent underclass that must be fought off with a constitutionally-protected Uzi.
When released in 2002, Bowling for Columbine took over £1.2 million theatrically, an unprecedented amount for a documentary.
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