Episode 16: Elephant (2003)
Today I’m looking at Elephant (2003), Gus Van Sant’s stripped-back, observational film about a school shooting that’s more about mood and structure than story. It uses long tracking shots and quiet spaces to build this sense of everyday normality slowly breaking down. It’s restrained and unsettling, focused more on atmosphere and aftermath than explanation.
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