20.08.22 Deep Shadow North Film Festival No.1 For me, this is a very wonderful viewing experience, I don't know why when I saw Merrick's confession before the doctor and the dean, and before the doctor's wife will cry like the doctor's wife when she confesses. Hurt's acting has undoubtedly given the Elephant Man a slender and soft quality on the inside under the bulky exterior. It seems to arouse a very primitive emotion in me. The desire to be recognized and loved is really moving, so that I can ignore the fragmentation of the plot design and the simplicity of the overall main line. Perhaps it is because of this simplicity that the thinking it leads is also very obvious (for example, the comparison between a doctor and a circus master).
Maybe from the beginning to the end, the doctor just treated Merrick as the geek of the clock tower, the committee's "goodwill" tolerance, the princess and even the queen's greetings, even if Mrs. Kendall kissed "Romeo" with goodwill, and burned the furnace. Workers and others used a humiliating way to tear up Merrick's attire as a civilized man, and surrounded by a group of sanctimonious gentlemen, these people's feelings for him may not be much more noble than that of the circus owner and his owner. The self-contained scrutiny of looking down from above makes it impossible to grasp what these people's real emotions are towards the elephant man. And this is precisely one of the things I like about this film. It tells the story of whether such a person can gain dignity and recognition without any emotional inclination. Therefore, when a group of "pregnancy" in the eyes of ordinary people worked together towards the end, it can be said that merrick was sent out purely out of pity, this very simple emotion may also be the essence of the film, it makes people feel There is an attempt to throw away all external factors that confuse people, to dig out the inner part of people, and what the essence of human nature can be. Sometimes, we are nothing more than normal-looking "elephant people".
Of course, at the end, Merrick saw the "normal people" in the theater wearing animal hoods, acting as virtual animals in a place closer to "heaven", and being able to get so much applause, and when the cathedral finally When I finished, I wrote my name, fell asleep like a normal person, and finally expressed "I see the light" in a very straightforward way, which suddenly made the whole film more fairy tale. Maybe this is the happiest and most fulfilling time for Merrick, and being able to die at this time may be the happiest thing in his life.
Finally, I have to say that when I recognized the ending song, I found that I had added it to my favorite playlist at an unknown time.
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