Bowling for Columbine vs Into the Abyss
Bowling for Columbine has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.9/10 for Into the Abyss). Into the Abyss is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h . Bowling for Columbine is the older of the two (2002 against 2011). Both are crime, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bowling for Columbine
Into the Abyss| Bowling for Columbine | Into the Abyss | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary, Drama | Crime, Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Moore | Werner Herzog |
| Main cast | Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Dick Clark, George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush | Werner Herzog, Jason Burkett, Richard Lopez, Damon Hall, Lisa Stolter-Balloun |
Synopsis
Bowling for Columbine
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another…
Into the Abyss
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.
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