those flowers

Gerardo 2022-08-20 04:30:33

All of this happened unexpectedly and quietly. "elephant" seems to see itself, as if to see those dark moments about youth in our memories.
It was still the sky, the unpredictable clouds in the sky, they silently watched the pride, inferiority, and anger of the grown flowers. The beautiful backs walked alone in the campus, only the backs, and all the surrounding scenes were blurred. In addition to the conversation, what we heard was the inner voice of the teenagers, the moonlight quietly played by Beethoven; the roar of one after another; the unbearable noise that was infinitely amplified while standing in the dining room. ; And behind these backs, we seem to be able to see a pair of sad eyes watching these teenagers. Everyone has their own piece of the sky, and the freedom of American campuses allows them to be proud, self-pity, and inferiority without scruples in themselves. At the same time, we can also see the beauty of youth, a person immersed in reverie; two hands holding tightly and showing off this love; three sisters who love beauty; watching film silently; . . . All these stories are mixed and narrated gently at the same time. It is to quietly wait for the final tragedy to come.
Suddenly, I found that my body was trembling when I watched the second half of "elephant". I was a little scared by the reality of the film, and I was a little reluctant to accept it. The brilliant and silent teenager actually became the mastermind of this school shooting. The car full of weapons was still driving quietly, but what echoed in the air was a little bit of excitement, a little bit of fear, a little bit of wanting to leave, and a little bit of firm breathing. Plan B started, gunshots rang out, the first drop of blood fell onto the book, screams and begging for mercy abounded, and so the season of death mercilessly wanted to spend approaching. . . . . . In fact, this kind of ending was foreshadowed in the first half. Both murderers favored Nazis. One was teased by classmates and did not resist, but just played Beethoven, who was depressed and had crazy desires; the other was addicted to computer gunfighting games. . . . . At the end of the film, the young man's gun is aimed at the couple, eeny meeny miny moe catch a tiger by his toe, if he hollers let him go... . In this little beanie game we were playing, he was choosing his target, but the gunshots didn't sound in the end, which made people wonder if there was more time in the water that ended in this morbid killing game. . . .
It is still the sky, the clouds in the sky are still silent, watching all this happen quietly, but it seems that nothing has happened.

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  • Hilma 2022-04-22 07:01:38

    A lot of long lenses, the overall feeling is not bad

  • Winfield 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Long mirror plus follow-up shooting, the lens replaces the eyes to the greatest extent, and the sight in the frame is where the eyes can reach; multi-line plus daily, use trivial to kill the patience of the audience (me), and unconsciously fall into the usual boredom and indifference , which gives the audience a "sense of personal experience", even accompanied by Beethoven to Alice. After a long period of cold silence, the audience was already at the scene. When the gunshots rang out, someone broke in and shot everywhere. Can anyone not be frightened?

Elephant quotes

  • Eric: I ain't putting shit down!

  • [We've been following Benny down the hallway and watch as he comes upon Eric berating and standing over Mr. Luce]

    Eric: Yeah, you did, and I should shoot you right now for it, you know I should. But I think I just might let you live, maybe, because I want you to know this... and the next kids that come up to you with their problems... that they're being picked on, you should listen to them... no matter what twisted shit they say.

    Eric: [Turns and shoots Benny through the heart] Fuck! Anyway, Mr. Luce, whatever. You know there's other like us out there, too. And they will kill you if you fuck with them like you did me and Gerry. Get out of here, before I change my mind. Go!

    Eric: [Mr. Luce gets up and runs for his life. Eric changes his mind and shoots him down] Bitch!