Elephant
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"Elephant" is a 2003 drama film by Gus Van Sant that portrays an ordinary day leading up to a high school shooting, noted for its minimalist style and exploration of adolescent alienation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elephant canonical | 14 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Best Director Award at Cannes Film Festival
ⓘ
Palme d’Or ⓘ
surface form:
Palme d'Or
|
| cinematographer | Harris Savides ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Gus Van Sant ⓘ |
| distributor | Fine Line Features ⓘ |
| editor | Gus Van Sant ⓘ |
| featuresCastType | non-professional actors ⓘ |
| filmFestival | 2003 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Last Days
ⓘ
surface form:
Last Days (2005 film)
|
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ psychological drama ⓘ teen drama ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Columbine High School massacre ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alex
ⓘ
Elias ⓘ Eric ⓘ John McFarland ⓘ Michelle ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Frédéric Chopin
ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | minimalist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long tracking shots
ⓘ
multiple character perspectives ⓘ sparse dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Gus Van Sant’s “death trilogy” ⓘ |
| portrays |
everyday routines of high school students
ⓘ
ordinary school day leading up to a shooting ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Gerry
ⓘ
surface form:
Gerry (2002 film)
|
| premieredAt | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| producer |
Dany Wolf
ⓘ
Gus Van Sant ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| runtime | 81 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Gus Van Sant ⓘ |
| setting |
Portland, Oregon, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Portland, Oregon
high school ⓘ |
| subject |
adolescent alienation
ⓘ
high school shooting ⓘ |
| theme |
banality of evil
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ peer relationships ⓘ violence in schools ⓘ |
| title | Elephant self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gus Van Sant
subject surface form:
Gus Van Sant