In another unforgettable sequence, to the tune of "What A Wonderful World", Moore shows the second plane crashing into the World Trade Centre as the final scene in a string of images of American aggression overseas; his point is that United Airlines Flight 175 was a very big chicken coming home to roost.
Most controversially though, Bowling For Columbine uses CCTV footage from inside the school during the massacre. In May, it became the first documentary in 46 years to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, going on to win the Special Jury Prize. In mid-October it opened in an America held to ransom by the Washington DC sniper, and set a new box office record for a documentary.
"I have crossed over deep into the mainstream," crows Moore. "I have a wider audience than ever before, and that makes the work more dangerous."
At the start of this year his website, michaelmoore.com, was getting 70,000 hits a month; in September, it received 17million; on the day Bowling For Columbine opened in America, 3million people visited the site before the server melted down. Moore hopes that his increased influence will ensure a number of Republicans lose their seats in the mid-term elections, which take place this Tuesday.
Most controversially though, Bowling For Columbine uses CCTV footage from inside the school during the massacre. In May, it became the first documentary in 46 years to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, going on to win the Special Jury Prize. In mid-October it opened in an America held to ransom by the Washington DC sniper, and set a new box office record for a documentary.
"I have crossed over deep into the mainstream," crows Moore. "I have a wider audience than ever before, and that makes the work more dangerous."
At the start of this year his website, michaelmoore.com, was getting 70,000 hits a month; in September, it received 17million; on the day Bowling For Columbine opened in America, 3million people visited the site before the server melted down. Moore hopes that his increased influence will ensure a number of Republicans lose their seats in the mid-term elections, which take place this Tuesday.