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4 days ago · Written by Van Sant, the film takes place in Watt High School, in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, & chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting, based in part on the 1999 Columbine High...
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3 days ago · “Elephant” (2003) One of the most haunting films to win the Palme d’Or, Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant” takes inspiration from the Columbine High School massacre to create a portrait of ...
1 day ago · The film most recalls Gus Van Sant’s meditative and upsetting 2003 film, Elephant, which presented a school shooting as an abstract visual exercise, following teenagers as they meander through ...
3 days ago · A la fois démarquage du film éponyme d'Alan Clark et vision intime de la tuerie de Columbine, "Elephant" est l'un des films-clés des années 2000. Palme d'Or-Cannes 2003. Audio non déterminé. Origine : États-Unis. Durée : 1h21.
3 days ago · In particular, though, the director honed in on Gus Van Sant’s death trilogy of films – ‘Gerry (2002),’ ‘Elephant (2003),’ and ‘Last Days (2005),’ calling them slower, methodical, and with an obsession to follow characters through a scene.
3 days ago · Portland—Oregon's largest city—has been a major shooting location for filmmakers, and has been featured prominently in the films of Gus Van Sant, namely Mala Noche (1985), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991), and Elephant (2003). This list of films shot is organized first by region, and then chronologically by year.
4 days ago · Nash remarks in the press notes that he was inspired by the sequences in the school-shooting drama Elephant (2003), where director Gus Van Sant trails behind a character centered in the frame, on the heels of a fateful encounter. Nash takes a similar approach; using a boxy Academy ratio, the director not only centers Johnny in the frame ...
