The Elephant Man: The Power Of Looking | Film Analysis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Despite being one of his most famous films, 'The Elephant Man' is not often thought of as one of David Lynch's definitive films; and whilst it doesn't have much in common with his later work, there is one key theme it shares with his best work: the power of looking.
In this video, I explore how the film acknowledges the act of looking for the act of power that it is - and examine certain filmmaking choices Lynch, cinematographer Freddie Francis and editor Anne V. Coates made to emphasise this.
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I'm annoyed at myself for forgetting to include clips from 'The Straight Story' in the montage at the beginning. My apologies. It's a great film, and if you haven't seen, I highly recommend it.
Take Me To Your Cinema Here are some classic director suggestions I was hoping you could cover as there is a lack of analysis videos on them on other channels:
1) Powell & Pressburger
2) Luchino Visconti
3) Max Opuls
4) John Ford
5) Alain Resnais
So any ways thanks and keep up the great content 😀😀😀
KissMyAsthma Hey, thanks for the suggestions. Powell & Pressburger are my absolute favourites, so I'm planning on doing something on their work soon. Just need to narrow it done 🙂 The same applies to Ford. I've already done one on Ophuls, but there's still so much to say. I'm not too familiar with Resnais, I'm ashamed to say - so I'm not qualified for that at the moment. Where would you recommend I start?
Take Me To Your Cinema "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "Last Year at Marienbad" are 2 great movies to start off with. "Last Year at Marienbad" in particular is cited by Chris Nolan as a key influence on "Inception".
It's a good point and an interesting perspective. Freddie Francis's work on the film is perhaps his best - absolutely brilliant (I see you did a video on The Innocents as well - another of his best). I do take exception to the notion this movie 'doesn't have much in common' with Lynch's other work, as his fascination with what is considered beautiful or ugly is salient throughout his career. I'm intrigued by this presentation though. It fits well with how I always understood the film - as a monster movie in which everyone except the deformed man is the monster. The expectation of how the 'freak' is presented is turned on its head as the film progresses, and with the shift you describe to Merrick's perspective, so too is the object of curious disgust - no longer he, but the mob.
Than you so much for your analysis! I had been looking for such detailed content about Elephant Man for a long time. Annnd as I don"t know much about filmmaking, I found your analysis even more interesting!
Thanks a lot. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Golden key to understanding the movie!... thank you
nice work!
"eh up" Pies a come ?