david lynch be a remarkable director and the elephant man be a remarkable film . inspire by a true story in the street of london during the victorian age and the film be base entirely around the life of john merrick ( john hurt ) and an individual dubbed by his ` owner byte ( freddie jones ) and others a the elephant man because of his hideous deformity . with this film and lynch grasp his audience and stretch them to a new parallel of an emotionally capturing film . and what make this so daunting and so intriguing be the fact that the elephant man be a true story and no part of it be fictional . anthony hopkins play dr. frederick treves and the man who somewhat save john from those who persecute him for be a freak and be a ` monster . a story of human triumph could never be so remarkable a that of the elephant man . lynch take the elephant man to a new level of technical aspiration with a dark and dank set shot completely in black and white . this film be amazing and would undoubtedly be just okay any other way . the black and white add to the story in a way that touch the audience much deep and much more personal . not to mention stunning performance and dialogue by all cast and ` david lynch portrait of john the elephant man merrick stand a one of the best biography on film . literary critic leslie fiedler maintain that freak stir ` both supernatural terror and natural sympathy because they ` challenge conventional boundary between male and female and sexed and sexless and animal and human and large and small and self and other . in this very interesting and move film and we be challenge to clarify our value in regard to ` very special people . however and in one powerful scene of tension and curiosity and john merrick scream out and ` i be not an animal . i be a human be . i. be . a man . this particular sequence and i believe and be incredible and it tie in with the whole focus of the film itself and human dignity and emotion . david lynch be know for some pretty twisted film and and yet and the elephant man be not that twist at all . even though his audience view john merrick a not the average person because of his medical condition and the story be cherish because of how it be put onto the big screen . compare to his other film such a blue velvet and eraserhead and the elephant man be more surreal in term of what lynch be go for . lynch do a magnificent job in portray his version of the elephant man and and many people along with critic alike agree . i can easily rate the elephant man with four star because david lynch deserve no less . the elephant man be a classic and a striking and devastating film depict the account of john merrick search for a dignified and normal life . i would definitely recommend this film to those in search of a wonderful story about one man conquest to a regular life . dr. treves account with john not only present him with respect and normalcy and but also take him as far a an uplifting scene where upon john state ` my life be full because i know i be love . with such an inspirational and true story and david lynch put on a film that should be love by many and if not all .