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 greatly touched. He found that for incidents such as shootings and bomb threats, even if they were only individual cases, they would cause great trauma to the entire society. However, 10 days after the shooting, people have not yet recovered from their grief. American Firearms Association Chairman Charlton Heston came to the suburbs of Denver and smiled with his comrades and said that they are fans of guns. The ban on guns must pass their level first. This arrogant and unsympathetic attitude completely aroused Moore's anger, so he decided to shoot a film to criticize the US gun management policy.
Bowling for Columbine Creative background
2021-11-18 08:01
Extended Reading
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Michael Moore: Everyone said that Columbine was just an average place.
Matt Stone: It was. Painfully average. The kind of place where they say "If you're a loser now, you're a loser forever." And who knows, if they hadn't said that they might not have done it.
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Self - Brother of Terry Nichols: Them people-law enforcement, if you want to call them that-came here and they were shaking. They were literally shaking in their shoes, scared to death!
Self - Narrator: Of?
Self - Brother of Terry Nichols: Because they thought this was going to be another Waco. Because certain people, namely my ex-wife and others, said, "I'm a radical, I'm a wild man. I got a gun under every arm, down every leg, in every corner of the house. If you say anything to me, I'll shoot you!"