"Bowling for Columbine"

Film Review # 49539

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Reviews Michael Moore's documentary film about gun control and violence in America.

1,534 words () | 2 sources | MLA | 2004 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper provides a summary and review of the film, "Bowling for Columbine", which explores the problem of guns and casualties resulting from them in American society. The film is made against the backdrop of the Columbine high school shootings, and the paper shows that, through his documentary, Michael Moore searches for answers of why this kind of tragedy happens in America.

From the Paper:

"Towards the end of the film, Moore got in touch with two Columbine survivors. Both of them had the bullets purchased from K-Mart still in them, and one has been confined to a wheelchair ever since he was wounded. The two boys accompanied Moore to a K-Mart convention and asked the corporate executives if they would halt all sales of ammunition in their stores. After the first try resulted in little progress, the three of them returned to the convention with the entire inventory of ammunition from a local K-Mart. This time they listened. Since then, gun ammunition is no longer available at any K-Mart store in America."