The Elephant Man (1980)

For January’s theme of 5 DIRECTORS, each week is pretty much its own subcategory. We’re halfway through “David Lynch’s First Three” with today’s discussion of one of his most accessible feature films that features and iconic performance by John Hurt as the infamously disfigured historical figure “John/Joseph Merrick”. It seems that Lynch’s follow up to his debut is also amongst his most universally acclaimed with the Academy creating an effects category after it seemed baffling to not have one amongst this film’s many award nominations. The 1980 biographical film “THE ELEPHANT MAN” also stars Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft & Freddie Jones and is pretty family friendly aside from its very heavy theme. It’s based on reality, it has a positive message and it’s a lesson by John Hurt on how to act with your body even if people can’t really see your face. There might be something wrong if you don’t choke up a little but then again we’re getting more sentimental in our old age. We cried during the swimming pool scene in “Color of Night”. We’ve gone soft and this movie has us feeling like room temp butter. 

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