Continuity mistake: When Alex walks forward in the cafeteria with his notepad, he stops by the cafeteria tills. In one shot, you see a student going up to pay for their lunch. But it then cuts, and the student has vanished.
Elephant (2003)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Starring: John Robinson, Alex Frost, Elias McConnell, Eric Deulen
Alex, after shooting Eric for unknown reasons, finds Nathan and his girlfriend is the cafeteria freezer, where he points his gun and chants eenie meenie meinie moe. The gun is pointed at Nathan's girlfriend. You do not hear a gunshot, it simply goes to the credits, leaving you to decide what happened
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Trivia: While this is common knowledge to most, this movie was inspired by the events of Columbine in 1999. Some scenes mimick the real-life massacre almost exactly. For instance, they planned to kill many more than they actually were able to because of the failure of their improvised explosive devices. The real killers had planned to murder at least 600 people, though it is not mentioned in this film the scope of the plan. Another, more obvious, link is the use of the Tec-9 assault pistol. One can also link the use of settings like the Library and the Cafeteria to the media coverage of the real event. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacreFirearms.
Question: Why did that guy shoot his own friend near the end? Why did the two start shooting in the first place anyway?
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Answer: This movie was based on the Columbine High School Massacre, and another high school massacre. There's no answer to "why" they did it.