Docudrama Films

Paper Summary:

This paper takes a look at, and compares, the docudrama films 'Fahrenheit 911' and 'Bowling for Columbine' versus the docudrama films 'FahrenHype 9/11' and 'Celsius 41.11 - The Temperature at Which the Brain Begins to Die'. The paper takes a look at how these films influence the reputation of docudrama as a film genre.

From the Paper:

"Within Fahrenheit 911 Michael Moore uses footage that is simultaneously disturbing and humorous, in which President George W. Bush is shown, immediately after hearing the news of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, continuing to read the children's book My Pet Goat to a group of Florida elementary school children, while also looking blankly off into the distance trying to figure out what to do next. The sequence of events leading up to that series of shots, in which Bush reads "My Pet Goat" and looks perplexed, for at least five full minutes, is obviously intended by Moore to illustrate that, even though Bush comes from a powerful, privileged family, he is still unfit, on his own, to be President. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bowling for Columbine. Michael Moore (Dir.). 2002.
• Celsius 41.11 - The Temperature at Which the Brain Begins to Die. Kevin Knoblock (Dir.). 2004.
• "Celsius 41.11 - The Temperature at Which the Brain Begins to Die" (Wikipedia).May 13, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2006, from: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
• Celsius_41.11:_The_Temperature_at_Which_the_Brain..._Begins_ to_Die.html>.
• Chisholm, Kenneth. "Plot Summary for Bowling for Columbine." Retrieved June 11, 2006, from: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310793>.

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