Film Reviews by RM

I wanted to watch Elephant by Alan Clarke since arriving to Belfast one year ago hoping it will help me understand more the history of the city I came to call home. Unfortunately, the film was so much of a disappointment as it's exploration of the killings taking place in the city during the troubles was done in a cold emotionless mannar. Now of course this was intentional and aimed to show how those killing became a normal in the city. What is missed is that the killings actually never pass unnoticed by the people who experience them at close range. One thing I hated is that I felt so often that the people behind the camera actually enjoyed the killings the way they set them up. Also, as the film develops it gets harder to know if the person we see is going to be a murderer or a victim which is so much disturbing in the since that it gives the feeling that they are both the same!