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Originally posted by Jeff
Fictionalized.
I say it's fictionalized because that's the way Moore does it. He changes many of the dates and sequences for a more dramatic effect.
Part of Bowling for Columbine was fictionalized because not everything in the documentary was true. Moore said the Lockheed plant made military missiles, but they in fact make rockets for launching satellites.
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But Lockeed Martin does make missiles for the military, thats a fact. Perhaps that particular plant doesn't, but the company does.
I'm sure Moore knew this the whole time, but he saw an oportunity to get people thinking so he sort of humiliates that guy he talks too to make the documentary more entertaining. Just because that one plant doesn't make missiles doesn't mean the company doesn't make them. Other Lockeed plants do make missles.
He had a thought that maybe its the fact that in many cases, mommy and daddy are making missles used to kill people in other countries is what causes kids to be violent. He could have gone to one of the factories that actually makes the missiles, but for that particular film it made more sense to go to the one in Columbine. Its more entertaining that way. I mean he could make a film that just spews out fact after fact, but that would be boring now wouldn't it?