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“Bowling for Columbine”
Killer. Blew me away. Brutal. The bomb.
As much as it bothers me to kneel down in front of a guy and pop him into my mouth, Mike Moore has got it coming. This is the work of a genius. A documentary about guns and murder in America, this film uses the chops Mike learned filming “Roger and Me” and lands swift blows on the NRA and the media. Mike slips his way into Charlton Heston’s Hollywood estate for a culminating interview, and makes an absolute fool of the “Cold Dead Hands” poster boy to wrap up his flick.
He makes Columbine real, after setting the context in interviews around the periphery. Showing clearly how absurdist the media’s take was on possible reasons for the Columbine shooting, Mike even interviews Marylyn Manson, goth rock star held up as “bad influence” on the killers’ minds. Manson gives one of the best interviews in the film, and relaxed, nothing to hide, left me impressed.
Moore: “What would you say to the kids from Columbine if they were here now?”
Manson: “I wouldn’t say anything to them. I would listen to them. That’s something no one has done.”
A surprising interview with the creator of South Park yields one of the only intelligent solutions to the hell high school age kids face, and clips from South Park and Chris Rock’s “bullet control” ideas provide laughs, which are really needed. A bit grainy at times would be the complaint I voice. Buy a hot camera, dude, we know you got bucks.
It’s a dark film on a dead dark subject. A must see. Drag a teenager. Five clubs.
Killer. Blew me away. Brutal. The bomb.
As much as it bothers me to kneel down in front of a guy and pop him into my mouth, Mike Moore has got it coming. This is the work of a genius. A documentary about guns and murder in America, this film uses the chops Mike learned filming “Roger and Me” and lands swift blows on the NRA and the media. Mike slips his way into Charlton Heston’s Hollywood estate for a culminating interview, and makes an absolute fool of the “Cold Dead Hands” poster boy to wrap up his flick.
He makes Columbine real, after setting the context in interviews around the periphery. Showing clearly how absurdist the media’s take was on possible reasons for the Columbine shooting, Mike even interviews Marylyn Manson, goth rock star held up as “bad influence” on the killers’ minds. Manson gives one of the best interviews in the film, and relaxed, nothing to hide, left me impressed.
Moore: “What would you say to the kids from Columbine if they were here now?”
Manson: “I wouldn’t say anything to them. I would listen to them. That’s something no one has done.”
A surprising interview with the creator of South Park yields one of the only intelligent solutions to the hell high school age kids face, and clips from South Park and Chris Rock’s “bullet control” ideas provide laughs, which are really needed. A bit grainy at times would be the complaint I voice. Buy a hot camera, dude, we know you got bucks.
It’s a dark film on a dead dark subject. A must see. Drag a teenager. Five clubs.
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