If you loved The Straight Story, try The Elephant Man
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by David Lynch, and they both carry the bittersweet, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Straight Story, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Elephant Man is
London, foggy alleys, a carnival barker's shout. A severely deformed man cowers, a surgeon intervenes, a life changes. Lynch frames the beauty in a brutal world.
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