AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL Trailer | TIFF 2018 

I really don’t get why some people are complaining about how long this movie is while they keep binge watching a lot of shows on netflix or amazon prime. It’s not like y’all are busy or something...

Since I don't have time to rewatch it as much as I'd like, I keep coming back to this trailer. Just by feeling the energy of it is enough for me to breathe again.

This is my favorite movie. Every time I think about it, which is often, I simply get this feeling of heartbreak deep inside my soul. Hu Bo created a piece of art that will likely be with us forever and will be considered an epic classic in film history. He will never get to see the film's critical and international acclaim. He created a piece of art that is forever sewn into the souls of its viewers, and he will never get to see how much we loved it, how much we love HIM. May he rest in peace.

Greatest film of the decade. I don't use the term 'masterpiece' very often or lightly but... I cannot find any other word to better describe it. We are so lucky to have been given this gift of a film. Thank you, Hu Bo, RIP

Seen it 2 times It is one of the best things I’ve watched

One of the best films of the last decade...

This movie has destroyed me I think. I absolutely adore it but I feel ruined and perpetually sad. That said I also feel hopeful and positive. This is such an amazing movie that is going to stick with me probably for the rest of my life. It’s a 4 hour movie I honestly want to watch again.

Sometimes I come back and watch this trailer just to find myself how this film made me feel. Of of the most moving, intimate, remarkable films I’ve ever seen

I finally got the opportunity to watch this today through the Criterion Channel. I'm happy that it's available there, if only for a while - this was one of the most affecting movies that I've ever seen. I'm working through how it made me feel, but thanks to the incredible characterization and tone-setting through the movie the ending managed to be one of the most strikingly beautiful and happy experiences I've ever had, in films or out of them. Thank you, Hu Bo, wherever you are. Your work will live on.

RIP Hu Bo

I watch it a few years ago and sometimes the loss and desperation of life bring me back here. This movie is sad and desperate but at the same time, I feel there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Even I can't see it Or I can't reach it. It's still there.

Truly, one of the greatest films of our generation

I don't know why Hu Bo took his life that early, but all I want to say this world needed him. We needed him so that he could make more masterpieces like The Elephant Sitting Still. Rest In Peace dear Hu Bo.

A masterpiece of slow cinema. Rest in peace Hu Bo

This is the saddest and depressing movie I've seen. It tell us that the world is a grey-dark place and things can’t get better, just worse. Good movie tho

I keep coming back to this trailer it's just beautiful. I finally watched this film the other night and it was amazing. I'm looking forward to finding another time to sit down and watch it again. RIP Hu Bo.

I'm always afraid to watch this movie again, I'm afraid of the emotions it creates in me. but I have seen it 4 times

This film is now part of my life

Salute to HuBo and the team of this movie. Especially thanks for HuaLun great musics.

Hope that one day ...more people will watch this

This movie moved me to a whole new level

REST IN PEACE OUR LEGEND HU BO 🙏 Thank you for that feelings and thoughts from this film!

I listen to the score a lot. Great stuff.

I don’t understand why this movie wasn’t nominated for the Oscars! It's a piece of art!

Contender for the best film ever made imo.

Now, watching Back to Field will never be the same again

This movie is so depressing but also beautiful

This film is a great masterpiece

Stunning film, must watch

Kısa süre önce bu filmi bir RU-vid film önerme kanalındaki öneri üzerine izledim ve hâlâ etkisindeyim.Gerçekten hayatımda izlediğim en etkileyici filmlerden biriydi diye bilirim.Filmin genel olarak çok depresif bir havası var.

Masterpiece trailer, am very exciting to see this movie

what a trailer!! especially 1:07 the music and the visual is just spellbinding!! point me to the music please, if anyone knows! Thanks

Best movie ever.

Loved this movie

Beautiful trailer. Whats the song in the beginning???

i haven't watched this movie yet but, i already feel like this movie is going to be something for me. i also want to watch the movie called The Family from 2015 by Shumin Liu which is also around 4 hours and 40 minutes or something like that, but i haven't found it anywhere. i love slowburn movies and i always have since i was little. i'm excited to watch it. R.I.P Hu Bo

saw on Cathay Pacific!

I love you

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Io sono della scuola neo-romantica, o forse neo-romanica. A seconda del mio livello di sovranismo. A volte non mi capacito. Da qui An Elephant Sitting Still, il tipo di film che se vuoi abbordare (ma come parlo?) spacchi di brutto. Davvero. Ci ho pensato un po' oggi. Il film di Hu Bo mi ha un pochetto ricordato il saggio Anelli nell'io di Douglas Hofstadter che, per fare le persone semplici, è il tentativo dell'autore di rigettare in forma filosofica-quantistica l'elaborazione del lutto della sua amata moglie. Anche se poi i più ti diranno che quel libro parla di altro. Io invece ho sempre visto quel libro come l'elaborazione di una perdita. Perché dico ciò? Perché An Elephant Sitting Still è un film che abbraccia calorosamente la rassegnazione. Cioè? Da parte mia vivo l'esistere come una perenne condanna. Invidio molto chi riesce a trovare la giusta soluzione a questo aspetto della contingenza. Per quanto mi riguarda non vi sono motivi che mi tengano in vita. Anzi. Detesto profondamente ogni suggerimento a pensare il contrario. Sono della opinione che non vi sia nulla, da quando nasci, che possa portarti a credere che ne valga la pena. Per me non vi è nulla per cui valga la pena vivere "avanti lettera". Personalmente non ho mai trovato elementi che mi abbiano portato a pensare il contrario. Vivere per me fa ribrezzo ed è una pena. Il cupio dissolvi è la questione più ragionevole. Ma lo si accetta. Il vivere. Alcuni proseguono il danno con la terribile convinzione che fare figli sia il top. Poveri stronzi. Un aggiungere squallore alla pena (egoista pergiunta) del nostro quotidiano. Per me la vita umana non è affatto così sacra. Trovo questa idea una stronzata pari al livello di merda che si produceva nella antica Roma. Le stime parlano di circa 500 tonnellate di merda al giorno. Su per giù. Un nuovo luogo equivale a nuove sofferenze. Ed è una agonia che ci accompagna da subito. Dalla nascita. Anche per questo detesto ogni forma di affettività legata al tempo come costruzione. Dal mio punto di vista ogni cosa che facciamo soggiace all'entropia. Entropia e contingenza sono i tristissimi motori che ci governano. An Elephant Sitting Still è un film che parla esattamente di questo. Piani sequenza, scelte sbagliate, errori stupidi, cazzate. Il ventenne regista cinese Hu Bo in lunghissime e difficili quattro ore prova a ficcarci in testa questo. Ed io condivido la sua logica. Condivido ogni singolo fotogramma. Poco importa che il regista stesso si sia suicidato a film compiuto. O forse è proprio la predisposizione a questo lucidissimo film.

this movie is totally not my type but i like it though i disagree with many things in it yes i felt bored many times it took me about 6h or more to finish it I speed it up many times but u can see it have its own taste after all life is what you make you can surrender to it or you can fight and fucking smile and get through it see beauty in everything be thankful for every little thing you were and you are blessed with ...life will never break you till you allow it to

where can I see this? Anyone got a link?

how to watch full movie???

這真是一套令人深刻的電影，可惜導演已經走了..

What a trailer wow. Anyone have the music?

Somebody knows the name of the song from the beginning?

Can someone plz give ta music name

Pengyuchang

這十年來最好的中國電影有:讓子彈飛，天註定，殺生，無人區，大象席地而坐

Acquired taste?

When someone shoot a movie about our lives, it’s gonna much longer, not necessarily sadder but definitely more boring. World is a wasteland, and time is non-existential.

花伦。

Spoiler Alert: The Elephants dies.

dislike the trailer but i love the song starting at 0:55 !!!

call it overrated.

4 hours! The movie need an editor

This movie was great, a masterpiece, but the idea behind it was very wrong for some people, all the event of this movie took place in one day, they only showed the bad thing happened which is accurate and part of life, but the whole life is not bad, neither all people, this movie may give suicidal thoughts for some people who suffer from depression, the director itself had a problem, he only saw the dark side of the world, life had a bright and dark side, I'm glad about the ending of this movie. Just be careful and don't recommend this movie for people who are weak and depressed. Suicide is a selfish thing, people who comment suicide they don't care about their family, they think they are the only person who suffers from bad days, most of them are spoiled teenagers who can't handle to live in reality and take responsibility and tey try to run away (I loved the ending when the old guy lectured them on how every city will be the same till they learn how to accept the reality) they are the most selfish people on earth. they think their family doesn't give a shit about them but they do, they don't listen and they try to escape from responsibility and leave their family on a long journey of depression because of their selfish act, look at all families and friends life who lost close people to them due to suicide, they can't move on in life because of them.

THIS MOVIE WAS VERY SLOOOOOW! This movie could have been 2hours 30 minutes. they would just keep quiet for like 30 minutes?? what do you call that?? IM SORRY BUT I DIDNT ENJOY IT. IT WAS JUST LUKEWARM AND PLAIN!