Movie
Going Postal
2009 · 90 min
A grim, sobering documentary that walks through real tragedies with a heavy, unsettling seriousness and little relief.
- Directed by
- Paul Tickell
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- A look at the modern phenomenon of school and work shootings. It looks at the cases of Michael Carneal (1997), Joseph Wesbecker (1989), Charles Andrew Williams (2001, Neal Higdon (2008, and Steven Kazmierczak (2008) all of whom snapped and went postal. Based on the excellent book by Mark Ames ("Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagana's Workplaces to Clintona's Columbine and Beyond", 2005) who features in the film.
- How it feels
- Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Measured and demanding.
- About
- Violence, work, isolation, power
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Paul Tickell
- Genres
- Documentary