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Watched films in 2021 (161 movies items)"18.4. Bly-ray Uusintakatselu. Vuosia on ollut jo vahva kutina, ettei Elefanttimies enää puhuttelisi samaan tapaan, kuin nuorena. Studio Canalin viimevuotinen printti oli kuvakaappausten perusteella niin komia (ja huikea se totta vie olikin), että heräsi kovin kiinnostus selvittää tuntemukseni. Onnistuu olemaan aidon koskettava alentumatta varsinaisesti sentimentalismiin tai ainakaan häiritsevissä, hollywoodlaisissa määrissä, mutta perin suoraviivainen ja konventionaalinenkin kerront"
Best Picture Nominees (in Ten Sentences) (478 movies items)"Out of all the projects in David Lynch’s filmography, "The Elephant Man" is probably his most commercially accessible and watchable. This movie tells about London surgeon Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) and his account with John Merrick (John Hurt), a man who’s paraded in a freak show by Mr Bytes (Freddie Jones) and feared by society because of his physical deformity. So, he takes him to the hospital, where he finds that Mr. Merrick is more intelligent than the doctor gave credit. How"
1001 Movies ... my own version (1980's) (100 movies items)" Notes: I have to admit it, it has been a while since I saw this one but I will definitely re-watch it as soon I get the opportunity. When talking about Lynch's career, it seems that this movie has been a little bit forgotten. Indeed, if you compare it to the movies more faithful to his directing style such as 'Blue Velvet' or 'Mulholland Dr.', it seems to be like a rather straightforward drama. Indeed, it is rather straightforward but still quite fascinating to watch in my opinion and after di"
1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)" Notes: I have to admit it, it has been a while since I saw this one but I will definitely re-watch it as soon I get the opportunity. When talking about Lynch's career, it seems that this movie has been a little bit forgotten. Indeed, if you compare it to the movies more faithful to his directing style such as 'Blue Velvet' or 'Mulholland Dr.', it seems to be like a rather straightforward drama. Indeed, it is rather straightforward but still quite fascinating to watch in my opinion and after di"
The Most Fucked Up Characters In Films (53 movies items)"John Merrick. "People are frightened by what they don't understand.""
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“David Lynch’s second film, The Elephant Man, appears on the surface as one of his more outré works. Nary a twisty narrative that takes multiple viewings to possibly discern, The Elephant Man was nearly like Lynch going all prestige on everybody… on the surface. Peak deep enough beneath the surface and you’ll find scenes of hallucinatory beauty and a more emotive structure. There’s plenty of facts in The Elephant Man, but there’s just as much fiction to elicit a response in the viewer as we traverse from unease at John Merrick’s disfigurement towards seeing into his soul and finding the beauty there. That combination, or combative tension to be more precise, between horror and beauty is a Lynchian trademark. Think of Blue Velvet’s pastoral suburbia giving way to the rot ” read more
