Elephant
( 2003, Gus Van Sant)
With all these recent school shootings, Gus Van Sant's Elephant comes to mind. It is a highly powerful film in which he recreates an everyday ordinary boring school day, showing the kids going through what many kids around the US go through everyday. It's not until near the end of the school day that this seemingly average boring school day erupts into a spasm of violence reminiscent of the Columbine school shootings. I would recommend highly watching this movie, when the credits are rolling at the end you'll just be sitting there with your jaw opened and stunned at what you just saw, in this powerful compelling movie.
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Elephant is one of my favourite films of all time.
Have you seen Van Sant's Last Days? I don't think it's as good as Elephant, but it's in the same cinematic style (4:3 aspect, long tracking shots, etc.), so if you like one you'll probably like the other.
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