a monsterous film, almost 4 hours long but i think that helps it portray its themes.
its a slow dive into the bleak world of deppresion threw a couple of characters.
the film........feels so isolated, the cinematography is so standard, to be fair it kinda helps the film.
visually it looks very grey, there is no color when having deppresion, only bleakness.
the film's side cast is mostly mean spirited folks, from two unfitt parents to a yelling man who probably let his dog kill someone else's.ho bu had allot of untapped potential we will never see, rest in peace man.

An Elephant Sitting Still
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
12/14/2018Runtime
234 minsGenres
Overview
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.

How It Feels
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A deliberate, unflinching portrait of desperation and decline in which four broken people orbit each other's suffering before chasing a possibly mythical escape. The length is not wasted, it's a landscape of quiet devastation that demands your patience and rewards it with devastating grace.
Mood
MelancholicBleakContemplativeDread-soaked
Themes
IsolationComing apartRedemptionMortality
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHandheldDesaturated
Structure
Ensemble
Heads up
Suicide and self-harm
Reviews
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