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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2020 · 22 MIN

Michael Moore zu «Bowling for Columbine» (Cannes, 2002)

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Nachdem er in Cannes zu Beginn des Gruppengesprächs über «Bowling for Columbine» 2002 die Nationalitäten der Teilnehmenden abgefragt hatte, drehte Michael Moore gleich den Spieß um und wollte wissen, wieso in der Schweiz, wo fast jeder Mann ein Sturmgewehr zu Hause hat, so wenige Morde geschehen. Man kann sich über Moores Methoden streiten (seine Bloßstellung des greisen Charlton Heston im Film etwa verärgerte viele Leute), aber in Sachen Verquickung von politischer Propaganda mit Unterhaltung gibt es wenige Filmschaffende, die ihm das Wasser reichen können. Und bei Bowling for Columbine stimmte die Balance zwischen Witz und Wahrheitstreue noch besser als in späteren Filmen. Having begun the round table on "Bowling for Columbine" (2002) in Cannes by asking the journalists about their nationalities, Michael Moore immediately turned the tables and wanted to know why so few murders occur in Switzerland, where almost every man has an assault rifle at home. One may argue about Moore's methods (his ambush interview with the aged Charlton Heston in this film, for example, raised a lot of hackles), but when it comes to combining political propaganda with entertainment, there are few filmmakers who can hold a candle to him. And in Bowling for Columbine, the balance between wit and veracity was more even-handed than it was in later films.

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