Follows
Gerry (2002)
Followed by
Last Days (2005)
References
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- The delivery truck bears the letters "OPE."
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- In Kubrick's film, Alexander de Large drinks milk and worships Beethoven. In Elephant, Eric drinks milk and plays Beethoven. The rest of the soundtrack also frequently features Beethoven.
Elephant (1989) (TV)
- Van Sant has cited the film as a main influence on Elephant.
Sátántangó (1994)
- Van Sant has cited Satantango's structure as a main influence on Elephant, and several shots are borrowed from the earlier film.
Gerry (2002)
- The video game the two boys play, before going on their killing spree, features two characters, looking and dressing exactly like the two title characters of Van Sant's previous film. The director commented on that connection in an interview with
Roger Ebert.
Referenced in
On the Set of 'Elephant': Rolling Through Time (2004) (V)
- mentioned many times
Sur les traces de Gerry (2004) (V)
- Documentary about the film directed by Gus Van Sant. This documentary compares Elephant and >Gerry from the same director.
Paris, je t'aime (2006)
- A poster is shown
Skull & Bones (2007) (V)
- referenced during a talk on serial killers
"At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008)
- Mentioned in a review of Milk as another movie on which Gus van Sant has worked.
Featured in
The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV)
- clips
Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)
- features a clip of the film
Playing Columbine (2008)
- included footage
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