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Marcellus 2022-04-21 08:01:09
A close reading of the text of "Elephant" from the perspective of postmodernist deconstructive narrative and film language
"Elephant" (2003) is a film adapted by director Gas Van Sant based on the school shooting that shocked the world in Columbine High School in the United States in 1999. It was used in the Cannes International Film Festival in 2003. The festival won two awards for best film and best director, and...
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Frank 2022-04-21 09:02:40
Flip to September 2004 movie look and feel
I just watched the film "Elephant" that won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. The scene is so calm and flat. It seems that the school shooting incident is as ordinary as a meal. But it is such a "cold" scene. It can be so straightforward and direct to people's hearts, which makes...
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John McFarland: Oh, my God, Dad.
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John McFarland: Mom's gonna kill you.
