The holocaust is one of the most important events in human history, and yet it's undoubtably the hardest to make a compelling film about that doesn't cheapen the event. Jonathan Glazer was able the accomplish that near impossible feat. He decided to focus on the pure evil of the people committing the atrocities rather than showing the suffering itself. You never see violence, but we are constantly subjected to the sounds of death which makes this feel like watching two…
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Elephant 2003
This is a somewhat messy movie with a lot of heart. It's a school shooting movie with a focus on the students of the school. We see a lot of the normal life of high schoolers, both victims of the eventual shooting and random people who weren't involved. It's to give a picture of what normal life is like and how a tragedy like that can be traumatic for everyone.
Gus Van Sant used nonactors for all the students, which…
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Do the Right Thing 1989
"It's a free country isn't it?"
"I should knock you out for saying that dumb shit alone!"