ELEPHANT
With
John
Robinson,
Alex
Frost,
Elias
McConnell,
Eric
Deulen,
Nathan
Tyson
Directed
Gus
van
Sant
With
a
rich
variety
of
films
under
his
belt
like
My
Own
Private
Idaho
and
Drugstore
Cowboy
to
the
Psycho
remake
and
Good
Will
Hunting,
van
Sant
takes
an
intense
and
ominously
edgy
look
at
a
normal
school
day
where
a
Columbine
disaster
is
brewing.
Following
a
variety
of
students
along
their
sometimes
eventless
activities
on
this
fateful
school
day
(including
the
perpetrators),
van
Sant
with
his
roaming
camera
and
the
lack
of
music,
coupled
with
the
inexperienced
actors'
natural
delivery
creates
a
tense
sense
of
impending
doom.
Some
scenes
are
lengthy
uneventful
walks
through
hallways,
the
camera
a
few
feet
behind
the
subject,
but
invoke
an
hallucinogenic
mood
that
is
in
no
way
boring.
A
harrowing
cinematic
experience
of
social
commentary
without
acting
preachy.
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