2012
DOI: 10.1111/jpcu.12009
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Shock Corridors: The New Rhetoric of Horror in Gus Van Sant's Elephant

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“…However, Excursion also attempts to render some aspects of pre-trauma on innocent characters caught in the midst of a campus shooting incident, before the latency of traumatic affect becomes manifest. While on one level ours could be regarded as a companion film to Elephant, which also can be read as offering no clear motivations or causes behind the perpetrators' actions -though such a reading is debatable (Rich 2012) -Excursion is an attempt to further problematize the audience's view of the killers. Elephant devotes a great deal of its running time to depicting the daily life of the shooters while they brood, plan, acquire weapons via mail order, and shower together.…”
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“…However, Excursion also attempts to render some aspects of pre-trauma on innocent characters caught in the midst of a campus shooting incident, before the latency of traumatic affect becomes manifest. While on one level ours could be regarded as a companion film to Elephant, which also can be read as offering no clear motivations or causes behind the perpetrators' actions -though such a reading is debatable (Rich 2012) -Excursion is an attempt to further problematize the audience's view of the killers. Elephant devotes a great deal of its running time to depicting the daily life of the shooters while they brood, plan, acquire weapons via mail order, and shower together.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Jennifer A. Rich sposób prowadzenia filmowej narracji w Słoniu nazywa dialektyką typową dla horrorów (Rich, 2012(Rich, : 1314. Reżyserzy tego typu filmów atmosferę grozy budują poprzez naznaczanie strachem sytuacji kojarzących się pozytywnie.…”
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“…Podobnie jest w Słoniu. Przez kilka minut widzimy piękne niebo, ale niepo-________________ koimy się, bo przez to nie jesteśmy świadkami jakiejś szkolnej sceny (słyszymy tylko odgłosy) (Rich, 2012(Rich, : 1320. Widzimy problemy bohaterów, narastające emocje, a jedyne, co oferuje nam reżyser, to kilka minut podążania za plecami jednego z uczniów.…”
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