Calm is the devil

Mona 2022-11-24 18:50:59

"Elephant", once again confirms a commonality of almost all artistic creations - what is expressed is not important, what is important is how to express it. There are countless ways to shoot the subject of school violence. You can shoot cruel, heart-wrenching, sad, and of course, you can shoot so calmly like "The Elephant". Calmness is not easy, calmness is the devil.
Long shot, follow shot, back view, different perspectives of the same scene, simplified lines. "Elephant", a calm and unusual school violence film. The smooth piano song "To Alice" in the bedroom, the ethereal sound of bullets in the teaching building, the hand that pressed the key and pulled the trigger turned out to be the same hand.

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Extended Reading
  • Coleman 2022-04-23 07:02:46

    What the Nazis did on TV was somewhat similar to the blood splattered in Dedicated to Alice. Residual beauty! very light weight

  • Ashleigh 2022-04-21 09:02:40

    Repeated and intersecting narratives from multiple perspectives, such as the natural rhythm of floating clouds, constitute a microscopic everyday school life scene, the purpose is to examine the extraordinary violent energy in this most everyday scene. This is true horror incapable of consuming images of violence worth regurgitating. A rare and reliable Palme d'Or movie.

Elephant quotes

  • Alex: [after Eric gets into the shower with him] Well this is it. We're gonna die today. I've never even kissed anyone before, have you?

    [Alex and Eric start kissing each other]

  • John McFarland: Excuse me sir, don't go in there!