1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :- Stunning Artistic Depiction of One Man's True Life Story, 18 March 2003
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David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
One of the rare times director David Lynch was a hired hand was for this
beautiful true tale of John Merrick. With its stunning black and white
photography, great attention to detail, bleak but beautiful look at
Victorian squalor, amazing make-up work, and wonderful performances from
John Hurt as the titular victim of society and Hopkins as the doctor who
eventually helps him, this is Lynch at the top of his game. All the pieces
come together here for one of the most bittersweet true stories ever put to
film. Anybody who thinks Lynch can't make a coherent and meaningful film
need only look at this. Horror and beauty are beautifully contrasted here
and Lynch gets to the roots of our humanity. One of the view films that
made me cry. A masterpiece.
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-

Stunning Artistic Depiction of One Man's True Life Story, 18 March 2003
Author: David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
One of the rare times director David Lynch was a hired hand was for this beautiful true tale of John Merrick. With its stunning black and white photography, great attention to detail, bleak but beautiful look at Victorian squalor, amazing make-up work, and wonderful performances from John Hurt as the titular victim of society and Hopkins as the doctor who eventually helps him, this is Lynch at the top of his game. All the pieces come together here for one of the most bittersweet true stories ever put to film. Anybody who thinks Lynch can't make a coherent and meaningful film need only look at this. Horror and beauty are beautifully contrasted here and Lynch gets to the roots of our humanity. One of the view films that made me cry. A masterpiece.
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