Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine

  • Director: Michael Moore
  • Countries of origin: United States, Canada, Germany
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 15, 2002
  • Runtime: 2h
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Benim cici silahım
  • "Bowling for Columbine" is an American documentary written and directed by Michael Francis Moore . It was screened in France on October 9, 2002.
    The film originated from the Columbine campus incident in the United States. By telling the background of the shooting, the environment and the public’s response to the incident, it delves into the nature of the violence in the United States. It uses guns as a symbol to explore the relationship between American freedom and self-destruction. Connections and contradictions   .
    The film won the 75th Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature Film   .

    Details

    • Release date November 15, 2002
    • Filming locations Windsor, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies United Artists, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Salter Street Films International

    Box office

    Budget

    $4,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $21,576,018

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $209,148

    Gross worldwide

    $58,011,975

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jaden 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      Fifteen years later, acceptance speech

      By Kate Erbland (IndieWire)

      Translator: csh

      The translation was first published in "Iris"

      Documentary director Michael Moore's career has been a process of trying to "correct" with his films. So, when the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Roger and Me" gave his speech in full at the Film Critics Association Documentary Awards-Lifetime Achievement Award, his acceptance speech for winning the 2003 Academy Award for Best Documentary, We don't have a lot of...

    • By Darwin 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      Meet Americans

      [2017.4.30] Describes the American people's awareness of the right to self-defense with guns and the process of resistance. The US government supports the dictatorship with a mask of justice, and has launched war and air strikes for many years. After the Columbine incident, people began to question and spontaneously some abnormal behavior.

      One of the weird singers got a lot of attention and a lot of buzz. In a conversation with an interviewer he was asked: "If you were confronted...

    • By Jamey 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      America Worships Violence

      Michael Moore's film is a political commentary with a strong political stance. From the perspective of filmmaking, this is an excellent documentary. It focuses on disadvantaged groups, has humanistic feelings, and opposes the violence of the US government against other countries. It is very impressive, including Chinese people. Including all the audience, he selected powerful materials, used clever editing and packaging, and presented his views forcefully, which is very convincing and can...

    • By Hilbert 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      Fragment Notes and Reflections

      ① Fear:

      Americans seem to live in a constant fear of having a loaded pistol under the pillow and three locks on the door, interviewees said anyone present could In the next second to commit a murder, maybe the camera in front of him might have a hidden weapon for murder.

      By contrast, Canadians live in paradise. They never lock the door when they go out, and even when a thief enters the house, they "don't have a long memory"; in this racially diverse place, minority groups feel...

    • By Peggie 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      character determines destiny

      After the Las Vegas shooting, I have been unable to understand why guns are legal in the United States. The documentary explores many reasons. The media and the government have been creating an atmosphere of terror, perhaps because there are many interest groups behind guns and weapons, and powerful interests cannot be shaken. The racial divide in the United States is very serious, and the American people have always been insecure, and they believe that they must take up arms in self-defense....

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    • By Lacy 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      It's good to watch, Moore's scalpel movie, about gun-control cut to the essence. The private bomb that killed 168 people, the killing of Columbine and the cruelty of a six-year-old, not only can be attributed to violent movies, death metal, racial issues, Gun is a kind of between glory and shame for America. The gray area, and the culture of fear is that the old beauty dare not look directly into the...

    • By Wilfred 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      If it is said that people have more guns to keep themselves safe, then America should be the safest country in the world, but the opposite is true, because you never know what you are afraid of, and that is the most...

    • By Spencer 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Complex social structure, prejudice between classes and races. An economy rooted in fear,...

    • By Bethany 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      (1) I hate the way Moore interviews. (2) it took me 2 weeks to write a rhetorical analysis paper about this film and this is the worst paper of this whole...

    • By Annie 2022-04-24 07:01:05

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    Creative background

    On April 20, 1999, the campus shooting at Columbine High School in the suburbs of Denver, the United States, was a wound that was difficult to heal in the hearts of many Americans. At 11:19 that morning, two students from the school held guns on the campus of the University. A total of 15 students and school workers were killed at their guns and 21 others were injured. After this tragic incident happened, director Michael Moore was...
    more about Bowling for Columbine Creative background

    Movie quotes

    • George W. Bush: [Archive press conference] Today the Justice Department did issue a 'Blanket Alert'. It was in recognition of a general threat that we received. This is not the first time the Justice Department has acted like this. I hope it's the last, but given the attitude of the evil-doers, it may not be.

    • Charlton Heston: (At an National Rifles Association meeting) I have only five words for you: FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!

    • Michael Moore: It was the morning of April 20th 1999, and it was pretty much like any other morning in America. The Farmer did his chores. The milkman made his deliveries. The President bombed another country whose name we couldn't pronounce. Out in Fargo, North Dakota, Cary McWilliams went on his morning walk. Back in Michigan, Mrs Hughes welcomed her students for another day of school. And out in a little town in Colorado, two boys went bowling at 6 in the morning. Yes, it was a typical day in the United States of America.