I thought "The Elephant Man" was just a sad and cruel fairy tale, but it was drawn from a true story of the loneliest man in the world who lived in a world full of disgust and curious eyes 27 Load time. My hope is as Dr. Tvera said: at best his emotional and intellectual abnormality. It would be best if his mind and body were destroyed by the disease, so perhaps his misfortune would be a little lessened. But the real Joseph Merrick is the same as the "Elephant Man" in the movie. He is sensitive, vulnerable, and ashamed. He is lonely, sad, and longs for a normal life. At the same time, he is also ingenious, even if he only has a normal hand. He can also use his imagination to make the most solemn churches. In my opinion, David Lynch's film style is sometimes even a little cold, but this movie is so warm, I deeply feel the director's softness and warmth. He is full of respect and love for the most lonely person in the world, so apart from the editing and individual clips at the beginning, I can't feel Lynch's style. In the film, he shows the attitude of all social classes towards the elephant man in detail, from the bottom such as circus owners and hospital boiler workers, to the middle class such as hospital doctors, the upper class such as various nobles, and even the most noble princesses and queens. However, whether they get along with the elephant people in a way of beating, teasing, curious, caring or compassionate, there is a layer of hypocrisy and pretentiousness in them. Even the doctor, who has been helping out, was ashamed of the nurse's sharp words. He was not completely selfless, nor did he get along with the Elephant Man completely, and he did not even dare to let his children meet the Elephant Man. Hugo wrote "The Laughing Man", a disfigured and pitiful exhibition character Gwimpland, even if he returns to the aristocracy, he is just a lonely outlier, who really regards him as a person. "People are often frightened by things they can't understand", who regards the elephant as a real friend. Elephant Man's most forceful cry is "I am a human being", but he cannot live like a normal person for the rest of his life. His life was also interrupted by the realization of his dream of "laying down and sleeping like ordinary people". His mother said: All things never perish, never perish.
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