A Lynch that's not quite Lynch

Wellington 2022-01-26 08:03:34

Elephant Man, David Lynch, 1980 (The Elephant Man) On Monday, June 22, the cinema finally opened. Le Champo is lined up this week with a Fellini and a Lynch. Almost all the people lining up at the door were young people. "The Elephant Man" is almost the least Lynch's work. It tells the story of an "elephant man" who was born deformed and used by a circus owner to perform, was led into a hospital by a doctor, received preferential treatment, was kidnapped, fled back, and finally died a tragic, touching, and dignified death. The script is Written based on real experience. Totally a tearjerker, a successful tearjerker, and weeping can be heard in the theater. It's good-looking, it's warm, and it's a bit of a torture to the soul: the human nature that remains inextinguishable in all doom and hostility is moving, how much hypocritical the upper class cares for such a deformed person, in the end, "The Elephant Man" "Isn't it the biggest misfortune that he's still alone blablabla, but what should I say, I wanted to see Lynch, right? I remember how I felt when I saw Jodorowsky's "Rainbow Thief": I'm someone who's seen "The Holy Mountain", you showed me this, and you tricked me into crying, I always felt a little bit of a loss...

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Extended Reading
  • Ruth 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    Although ordinary people have a healthy appearance, they hide a deformed heart

  • Jada 2022-03-21 09:01:24

    Inheriting the mantle of German expressionism, the warmth that is rarely seen in the film after the noir shows. The film techniques and styles after Lynch can find their source in this film. The character's movement and framing composition can see Dreyer's legacy, which is very interesting. The soundtrack has a coquettish style throughout. If it weren't for Lynch's film, I would probably think it's more like Tim Burton's work.

The Elephant Man quotes

  • Bytes' Boy: [Bytes is lashing Joseph] Bytes! No!

  • Mothershead: If you ask me, people are laughing at him all over again.