Elephant is a Gus Van Sant film depicting the story of a high school just before and after a massive shooting. The film is shot in a way that makes the viewer seem like they are there, in the high school, slowly walking around witnessing ever characters story unfold.
Elephant is a Gus Van Sant film depicting the story of a high school just before and after a massive shooting. The film is shot in a way that makes the viewer seem like they are there, in the high school, slowly walking around witnessing ever characters story unfold. The film won the Palme d’Or and Best Director at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Review of Elephant 2003
in the early 2000's Gus Van Sant is asked to make a movie inspired by the tragedy of Columbine, the last school-shooting which has just stunned America.
He has already shot 9 movies and has just released « Gerry », a radical and fascinating film which can now be regarded as the first volume of a tr
