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What can I say about Bowling for Columbine? It's a Michael Moore documentary, and if you've seen any of his others, you know just what to expect. And I hear ya, right-wingers: Yeah. A buncha lies from a self-serving wacko leftist egomaniac.
I don’t know about that. Is a nightmare a lie? Because that's what this film is. Its centerpiece and most disturbing section is closed-circuit camera footage from inside Columbine High School during the massacre, with 911 calls from the incident as the audio. That section is followed by footage of Charlton Heston in Denver about 10 days later speaking at an NRA meeting, bellowing about guns. That's the film in a nutshell. Or maybe gunshell. Crazy, violence-obsessed, gun-obsessed culture absolutely unaware and unconcerned for the toll on human life of such insanity.
Thank goodness Cirque du Soleil was on Bravo the night I watched my "for your academy award consideration" copy on loan from my film critic friend. After Bowling for Columbine, I needed to watch something expressing the mystery and beauty of the human spirit.
Article comments
1 - Kris Hasson-Jones
As I understand it the Heston quotes are the video equivalent of photoshopped; taken from more than oen speech, with cuts and stills so you don't notice his clothing changes, and even with words snipped out and re-arranged.
2 - George
And as I understand it, pigs can fly.
I'd love to see a credible source for such a charge...
3 - Aaron Gigliotti
This source seems credible enough. It seems well documented anyway.
http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html
4 - George
I hadn't seen this, uh, *manipulative* attack on Moore's film until after I posted this when I perused the site and saw Eric's post on it, but please go here and scroll down to the comments to see good responses, including my comment. (my review, btw, anticipated and answered these issues...heh)