The Elephant Man
«I am not anelephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I ... am ... a ... man! ».
What:
The Elephant Man
Who:
Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch (S), David Lynch (D)
With:
John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft
When:
1980
Where:
UK, USA
How:
Reality, Long, Black&White, Live Action, Professional (Health), Language (English)
Why:
How is the life for Joseph Merrick, a man born with evident malformations and deformities (probably Proteus Syndrome) during the Victorian Age?
How far can human behaviour go further towards what (or who, like in this case) is “different”?
How did disability affect life and relationships in the past… and how does it nowadays?