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Elephant (DVD) Gus Van Sant's drifty, eloquent, film library life light photography and effortlessly poignant ELEPHANT is loosely based on the massacre at Columbine High School. (On April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado two 17-year-old boys fired semiautomatic weapons on their high school classmates, killing 13, injuring 25, film library life light photography and then taking their own lives.) Van Sant's film is set in Portland, Oregon film library life light photography and uses non-actors chosen from an open casting call of high school students. On a crisp, sunny fall day, with colorful leaves on the trees film library life light photography and puffy clouds drifting across blue skies, students arrive at school as usual. Eli takes photographs for his portfolio, John manages problems with his alcoholic father, Acadia attends a gay-lesbian meeting, Nate plays a game of tag football, film library life light photography and Michelle works in the library. Meanwhile, two outsiders, Eric film library life light photography and Alex, harbor hatred for their peers. Each of ELEPHANT's students have unique interests film library life light photography and personalities, film library life light photography and the film respectfully emphasizes their individuality. It also demonstrates how school is an unpredictable blender where students' differences are constantly agitated. Harris Savides' excellent photography--shot in 1:33 aspect ratio, making the movie a cube in the center of the screen--follows film library life light photography and floats, sometimes blurring film library life light photography and juxtaposing the light to achieve an ethereal mood; while Leslie Shatz's ambient sound design film library life light photography and a soundtrack of soft Beethoven piano music completes that feeling. The film is structured in brief overlapping chapters all taking place the morning of the 11:35 A.M. attack. ELEPHANT won the Palme D'Or film library life light photography and Best Director at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. DVD Features: Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen - 1.85 Full Screen - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Mono - English Mono - French Additional Release Material: Featurettes - 1.Rolling Through Time (12:00) 2. HBO Television Spot Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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