Michael Moore is an American film maker, author and a political commentator. He has made four of the top highest grossing documentaries in addition all of his documentaries are expository and have criticised the American government, health care, Iraq war, this suggests why the expository mode was used in order to expose the audience to these problems that are occurring in the world around them. His well known documentaries are:
· Fahrenheit 9/11
· Bowling for Columbine
· Capitalism: A love story
Fahrenheit a 2004 documentary, the film takes a look the presidency days of George Bush and the war with the use of the coverage from the media. This documentary has the highest box office and is the highest grossing documentary of all time. In addition it was awarded the Palme d’Or, which is the best award at the Cannes Film Festival and was also the first documented film to win the prize since 1956. This film is also an expository film as it exposes the real situations of the American government and highlights the media in a critical way.
The documentary Capitalism: it is a love story, which was made in 2009 centres upon the financial crisis in 2007 to 2009 this exposed the different elements of the American government. It was awarded the “Leoncino d’Oro prize at the Venice film festival.
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