Decalogue 2004: Elephant

This event took place on Sunday 27 June

“Gus Van Sant’s film Elephant deserves to be considered in the Decalogue as it is a bold piece of cinema which attempts to explore and shed light on the unimaginable. He uses the language of filmmaking in particular multiple perspectives to convey how the ordinariness of everyday life can be ruptured by the chaos of violence. ”

Mark Cosgrove, Watershed’s Head of Programme, introduces Gus Van Sant’s 2004 film Elephant and discusses the significance of this coolly devastating account of a high school shooting.

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