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Physically Disabled (Character) - Movies (48 movies items)"Helen Ryan, Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt John Hurt "The Elephant Man is a 1980 American-British biographical film about Joseph Merrick (whom the script calls John Merrick), a severely deformed man in 19th century London." (Wikipédia)"
“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 directing only 2 movies, David Lynch was already regarded as one of the most promising American directors at work. The best thing in this movie was that even though the story was rather predictable, Lynch preserved his own rather dark directing style and it made the whole thing quite sinister but so spellbindi” read more
