The Unforeseen

One of my favorite aspects of this film is how Dunn cuts between a set group of people/interviews.  The way she times dialogue to overlap into the next scene is amazing.  The constant cuts along with how she incorporates soundtrack make the movie cinemagraphically interesting as well as just cool to watch.  From the very beginning of the film through the end this method of constant cuts is employed.  There is a specific part where someone is taking about farming and farmers then a quick cut to the farmer from Huotto speaking.  This cut is all timed on the word farmer, its brilliant.    

SICKO

Michael Moore's Sicko is a film that draws much on pathos as opposed to any other rhetorical appeal. His use of pathos via personal stories and interviews had a very strong effect on me. Listening to horror stories on victimization in the healthcare system was difficult to watch, despite my opposition to government run healthcare. It was difficult to remain unbiased when watching this film because of my viewpoint. I understand that health insurance companies are corrupt and do deny people for ridiculous things to save money, but I haven't personally run into these problems. Not to say I am unsympathetic more so it is difficult to identify with the victims. There were several personal stories/interviews that had a big impact on me. Donna and her husband's story, Tracy and his wife, and the woman who's insurance denied coverage of her ambulance (despite being unconscious after a car accident). These people tugged on my heart strings, but I still stay fairly firm on my viewpoint that socialized healthcare would impact patient care. To me that is more of a doctor/government issue not necessarily an insurance company issue.