Month: July 2021

The Use Of Manipulation Techniques In The Documentary Bowling For Columbine

Every society is instilled with fear by violence. America, one among the wealthiest, most patriotic and powerful countries on the planet, is currently in turmoil due to its monopoly of fear culture. Michael Moore’s groundbreaking documentary, “Bowling for Columbine”, explores America’s deeply held fearful, bigotry-based culture. Moore’s documentary about the Columbine High School shooting attempts …

Comparing Control And Power In Shaffer’s “Equus” And Niccol’s “Gattaca”

Equus & Gattaca are similar in the way they develop similar ideas around power and control in society, though Shaffer & Niccol have different approaches to this concept through filmic or theatrical methods. Gattaca, like Equus, explores the control and influence that higher divine powers can exert through sound motifs. Equus noise, made of the …