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3003 Movies Into the New Age!!!...so far? (3003 movies items)

"Directed by Gus Van Sant "

TheNameless' Movie Diary 2011 (509 movies items)

"15.03. DVD. Uusintakatselu. Muutos pisteissä: **** -> ****½"

Monthly Movie Journal: Feb. 2011 (50 movies items)

"Powerful, haunting movie that caused quite a stir when released some 4 years after the Columbine tragedy took place. I somehow missed it back then but, in keeping with my Gus Van Sant kick, I finally caught up with it. My impressions here are mixed, but lean toward good... I think. The construction of the narrative, deliberate pacing, and long tracking shots are well executed and necessary to achieve the lasting effects of the film. The performances pulled from the many non-actors/non-profes"

A great movie

“Gus van Sant is a very good director but not all of his movies are successful (for example, Good Will Hunting is rather overrated). Not this one... A really schocking story told in a very particular way. I'm sure that many viewers would find this movie frustrating as many questions are raised while watching it but no answer at all are provided by the movie. I loved the fact that you have to think about the movie and the events themselves to find the answers yourself to find the answers you're looking for.” read more

Top 200 best movies ever (part 2) (100 movies items)

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Movies watched in 2011 (121 movies items)

" 26.1.2011, DVD Rewatch - **** -> ****½ Elephant on ainoa elokuva minkä olen Gus Van Santilta nähnyt, ja viimeistään tämän rewatchin jälkeen mielekiintoni ohjaajaa kohtaan olisi ihan kiitettävät. Elephant on kaikin puolin onnistunut kouluammunta-kertomus. Columbinen kouluammuntoihin perustuva fiktiivinen elokuva on onnistunut yhdessä tavoitteessaan hyvin, eli näyttää väkivalta kamalalta. Ei viihdyttävältä. Elokuvan lopetus sai toisellakin kerralla aika hiljaiseksi ja pistäÃ"

61 Movies of 2000s (61 movies items)

" Directed by Gus Van Sant | 81 minutes"

The Ultimate Posters list (Part 1) (476 movies items)

" chosen by Isis "

True crimes that inspired movies (32 movies items)

"Elephant is a 2003 American drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant. It takes place in the fictional Watt High School, in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, and chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting, based in part on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. The film begins a short time before the shooting occurs, following the lives of several characters both in and out of school, who are unaware of what is about to unfold. The 2005 Red Lake High School Massacre was briefly "