Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore
An evocative examination of America's unique gun culture. I wish there was more focus on statistics and numbers, but I acknowledge that there is probably more emotional oomph in the approach Moore takes. Moore's final point that America's gun violence epidemic is caused by a culture of fear within our country seems logical, but I don't really understand how one goes about proving that? Everything is predicated on anecdotes and random clips. I was under the impression the primary reason is due to the number of guns in our country, but apparently Canada also has lots of guns? OK, I looked it up and America has 120.5 guns per 100 people and Canada has 34.7 guns per 100 people. Alright, that stat should probably should have been included within the documentary. I don't know. Moore does a great job of evoking Americana, but something more concrete and didactic would have been useful. The interview with Marilyn Manson was in-sane. Very cool.