one of the rare time director david lynch be a hired hand be for this beautiful true tale of john merrick . with it stunning black and white photography and great attention to detail and bleak but beautiful look at victorian squalor and amaze make up work and and wonderful performance from john hurt a the titular victim of society and hopkins a the doctor who eventually help him and this be lynch at the top of his game . all the piece come together here for one of the most bittersweet true story ever put to film . anybody who think lynch can not make a coherent and meaningful film need only look at this . horror and beauty be beautifully contrast here and lynch get to the root of our humanity . one of the view film that make me cry . a masterpiece .