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Elephant Director: Gus Van Sant Cast: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell

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  • DVD Release Date: 05/04/2004
  • Original Release: 2003
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 17,181

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On the set of Elephant: "Rolling Through Time."

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Side #1 -- Pan and Scan
1. Parental Guidance [1:25]
2. Signing Out [6:39]
3. Compassion [3:08]
4. Too Young [3:01]
5. Unseen or Ignored [4:43]
6. Alone, in a Darkroom [1:02]
7. Never Good Enough [2:55]
8. Mixed Signals [2:20]
9. Influence [9:13]
10. Final Details [4:29]
11. Ruthless [6:48]
12. Wake-Up Call [3:09]
13. No Way Out [4:36]

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Editorial Reviews

Director Gus Van Sant returned to the low-key style of his early independent efforts with this semi-improvised exploration of how violence makes its way into a typical American high school. Eric (Eric Deulen) and Alex (Alex Frost) are two close friends who are students in a well-to-do suburb of Portland, OR. Eric and Alex are at once ordinary and misfits; while they seem to be confined to the edges of the clique-oriented social strata of high school, little about their behavior draws attention to itself. Or at least not during a typical school day; on their own time, the two boys are fascinated by Nazi iconography, enjoy violent video games, tentatively explore homoerotic desires, and coolly begin to make plans for an armed ambush of the school, drawing up working diagrams of the lunch room during study hall and buying rifles over the Internet. Drawing an expected degree of controversy, Elephant had its world premiere when it was screened in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where it won both Best Director for Van Sant and the Golden Palm award. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Elephantby Anonymous

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May 20, 2008: i'm sure you know of the controversial subject that is school shootings and what not. its the main theme in the film from the director who did good will hunting. when you watch this i'm letting you know now that it starts off slow and there are long takes with characters walking around and mostly improv dialogue so you can tell that some or most of the acting is fake. maybe because most of the people in the film aren't really professionals. this film seemed and had a look to it that's like real and creepy at the same time. at times it seems a little ridiculous and sad. watch the film at least once to see what i mean or you can be the judge yourself. beware for some intense moments near the end. you could probably relate to at least one character when you were in high school. i'm not saying its the most amazing movie ever but its a movie though deals with real life fears. so watch with an open mind or don't watch at all. interesting title though and the camera shots were nice.

Elephantby Anonymous

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December 11, 2006: Van Sant's interpretation of violence in schools is quite illuminating--the connections between the Columbine shooting and the film are implied in such a way that an English teacher of mine says "it is an artistic documentary more than it is art." Best of all, Van Sant offers no explanation or scapegoat for the tragedies school shootings are. Gus Van Sant offers a truly convincing visual effect, using long continuous shots with few (if any) instances of multiple camera angles in a single shot. As each scene is replayed from the perspective of another character, more is revealed about the realities of high schools. Yes, the film moves slowly--and tensions build into the point of frenzy. Yet, climactic action is executed with complete calm. Then, almost before it began, it is over. Van Sant is careful not to cross the line between tasteful representation and immortalization of tragedy and fictionalized, desensitizing horror.


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