By Terry Jinks
Contributing Writer
The Chicago International Film Festival, with a more select 99 entries this year, is running through Oct. 18. Main theaters include Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, 2828 N. Clark St., and the Music Box at 3733 N. Southport Ave.
Michael Moore is on the film scene again with his latest documentary on gun violence in America. “Bowling For Columbine,” screened at the Chicago International Film Festival and scheduled to open in Chicago theaters Oct. 18, details Moore’s relentless search for reasons why the United States has more deaths by gun than any other country in the world.
It uses the Columbine shootings and interviews with parents and students as a backdrop. There are countries with more guns per capita without America’s propensity for shooting each other, but as the film reveals, we still don’t know why. “Bowling” wears the Moore brand of low production costs and high value questions with no easy answers.Moore’s films have significant influence on mainstream Americans. “‘Roger and Me’ now is required viewing for universities’ first year business students,” he said.
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