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Une journée comme les autres, ensoleillée à Portland, Oregon. À l’école, Eli, Nate, Carrie, Brittanny, Jordan, Nicole, John, Alex et Eric vont en cours, s’amusent, potinent, partagent, jusqu’au moment où deux de leurs congénères débarquent, armés jusqu’aux dents, et tirent.
Dans une réalisation extrêmement moderne et fluide, laissant une grande part à l’improvisation (la plupart de ses interprètes sont d’ailleurs de vrais étudiants), Van Sant fait le portrait d’une génération sacrifiée au manque d’idéaux et à la violence. Là où Michael Moore tentait de comprendre l’atroce, de l’expliquer rationnellement pour le rendre supportable, Van Sant, lui, laisse le cours des événements se dérouler sous nos yeux, sans porter de jugement, nous plongeant directement au cœur de l’incompréhensible. Il nous confronte à la part animale, mauvaise, qui sommeille au fond de chacun de nous. Le choc est brutal, violent, mais nous fait saisir les racines d’un certain mal-être contemporain mieux que n’importe quel déversement d’hémoglobine. Éléphant est un film urgent et nécessaire. – Helen Faradji
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Day In The Life,
By Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Elephant (DVD)
Director Gus Van Sant's film is hypnotizing and disturbing. Filmed in a documentary style, the camera follows several students through one fateful day - one student at a time. The premise is reminiscent of any American High School. There are the jocks, the cheerleaders, the bookworms, the slackers, and the everyday kids. Van Sant has a clever technique where he is able to follow (stalk) each student as they walk down the hallways and pass from one to another as they go through their daytime routine. We also see the killers in preparation for the possible murders to follow. Everything is paced in a real time mode with no hurrying or jumpy editing. The viewer becomes an observer and a participant, watching normal activities slowly unfold to an almost ordinary conclusion - except that it is not. The false tranquility that the film possesses masks the unhappy insidiousness of these ordinary students lives. These kids could be your fellow classmates and that is one of the most powerful points of this film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great movie, despite what others think,
By A Customer
This review is from: Elephant (DVD)
This is a great movie. It's not about what happens at the end, it's about the lives of high school students, and the things they go throgh everyday. If you buy this expecting an action movie, that's not what you are going to get. It's a very chilling look into an "ordinary" school.
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A WASTE OF TIME,
By mamayokay "mamayokay" (Niles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Elephant (DVD)
This movie was a joke, a waste of 80 min. of my life. It was SO SLOW. Basically, it's the same few kids walking up and down halls with minimal action, until the end. Hmmm...interesting how it's a school day and only a handful of kids are to be seen in school. Unrealistic & stupid, it's a waste of time and money.
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