Amazon.com: Elephant: A Film By Gus Van Sant: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson (IX), Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor (II), Carrie Finklea, Nicole George (II), Brittany Mountain, Alicia Miles, Kristen Hicks, Bennie Dixon, Nathan Tyson, Timothy Bottoms

Amazon.com: Elephant: A Film By Gus Van Sant: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson (IX), Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor (II), Carrie Finklea, Nicole George (II), Brittany Mountain, Alicia Miles, Kristen Hicks, Bennie Dixon, Nathan Tyson, Timothy Bottoms: "Elephant, the elegant and unsettling movie from Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting), depicts students at a high school before and during a harrowing, Columbine-style shooting. The movie follows one young boy who takes over the wheel from his drunken dad while returning from lunch, then loops back in time and follows another student who crosses paths with the first, then loops back and follows another--all captured in long, unedited tracking shots that are serene and unhurried, even when two boys in camouflage gear, carrying heavy bags, arrive at the school and begin shooting. Elephant doesn't attempt to explain their behavior; it simply places the audience back in the brief yet interminable window of adolescence, when life is trivial and painfully important at the same time. Your reaction to Elephant will depend as much on your life experiences as anything in the movie itself."