The Elephant Man: Difference between revisions

'''Mrs. Kendel:''' Oh no... no... you're a Romeo. }}

 

 

Basically, one of the saddest films ever, and one of [[David Lynch]]'s few non-"omgwhaththehellisthisaaaaaaaaaI'mscared" movies, depicting Joseph (here called John, and played by John Hurt) Merrick's struggle to leave an abusive circus sideshow, while meeting Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins), who takes him out of that place and gets him into the London Hospital, where he - being an educated and kind person but still with the outward appearance of a freak - becomes the focus of London's attention, raising the question: is Merrick just moving from one circus to another?

* [[Dream Sequence]]: Provides the surreal, since most of the film avoids the [[Mind Screw]] Lynch is known for.

* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]

* [[The Grotesque]]

** There's a filmed-for-tv version of the [[Theater|Original Broadway Cast]] of the stage play version, starring Philip Anglim in the title role. [[Star Trek]] fans may recognize him as [[Deep Space Nine|Major Kira's boyfriend Vedek Bareil]].

** Wha...? No, Merrick! That's [[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lecter]], don't go near him! Wait, he's nice now...?

** "Where - ''is'' - he?"

*** In the men's room of a London train station, where he's just been cornered by an angry mob. {{spoiler|This exclamation works; the mob immediately becomes more sympathetic.}}

* [[Victorian London]]: The setting for most of the film.