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映画 The Elephant Man 「エレファント・マン」 1980年

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The

Elephant

Man



邦題: エレファント・マン
1980年



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This film made a very strong impression on me when I was a child. I
saw this movie when I was 6 years old. That was way too young to
see and understand a movie like this fully. However, I was touched by
the humanity (人間性)of the film. This type of film is not the most
enjoyable type of film to watch, but it is a necessary one.

034.gifThis movie is a true story about the
life of Joseph Merrick.

Warning: If you do not like sad movies, you should stay away from this one!

Humanity
is a big word that describes the essence (重要な本質) of being human.

The genre of this movie is drama!


Cast

Anthony Hopkins (アンソニー・ホプキンス)
Anne Bancroft (アン・バンクロフト)
Sir John Geilgud (ジョン・ギールグッド)

   
and starring John Hurt (ジョン・ハート)as The Elephant Man

Directed by: David Lynch(デヴィッド・リンチ)



Trailer






Plot

This is the true story of Joseph Merrick. At the age of three he began
to show signs that something was wrong. He developed large bumps
that grew into horribly transformed abnormalities. He was unable
to work and his relationship with his family was not good, so he worked
as best he could in the local union. This didn't work for long and soon
he was working in a side show. He was terribly mistreated and
eventually had to leave that business after an incident in another
country and followed by an unfortunate accident in a train station. At
this time he was taken in by a London Doctor named Frederick Treves. He later became knighted 映画 The Elephant Man 「エレファント・マン」 1980年_f0212156_12202219.jpgby The Queen of England for
his work with Merrick. This film details the
difficult existence that Merrick endured during his life.
We see a side of him that helps people to understand
that all people deserve love, and if you can't give them
that, at least give them respect.




"I am not an animal. I am not an animal. I am a human being"


ジョゼフ・メリックの実際の話を元に作られた映画。彼が3歳の時に、体に異変の兆候が現れ始め、次第に体中に大きな膨張と変形をきたしていった。彼は普通に働くこともできず、家族との関係も良好でなく、地方の組合で働くのがやっとだったが、それも長く続かず見世物小屋で働き始める。彼はそこでひどい扱いを受け、ある事件をきっかけにそこを去り他の国へ行かざるを得なくなる。そして駅でのある不運な事件をきっかけに、彼はロンドンのフレデリック・トリーブス医師の元に引き取られる。彼は後に、メリックを援助したことで英国女王からナイトの称号を受ける。
この映画はメリックの困難な人生を詳しく描き出しており、すべての人が愛されるに値し、たとえ愛することができないとしても、最低限、敬意を持って接せられるべきだということについて考えさせられる。



David Lynch


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Lynch is perhaps America's greatest director.
He is famous for being weird
and challenging for audiences. He is famous for
several cult films that have become extremely popular.
He is also well known for the tv series
Twin Peaks(ツイン・ピークス).



Joseph Merrick


While the film does a very good job of telling his story, there are a
couple of interesting extras:

His name is often given as John incorrectly.

His mother was also disabled(身体障害者), but it was
not related to his condition.

He was thought to have Elephantitus(像皮病), which is a disease
caused from worms.

Michael Jackson (マイケル・ジャクソン)was reportedly interested in buying
his bones. No one knows the truth about that.


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Joseph Merrick built this model castle himself. 彼が作った教会の模型⇒




Merrick's condition greatly affected (影響する)his social relation and his views of himself

Joseph ended all of his letters with the following poem
by Isaac Watts(アイザック・ワッツ):


"Tis true my form is something odd,
But blaming me is blaming God.
Could I create myself anew,
I would not fail in pleasing you.
If I could reach from pole to pole,
Or grasp the ocean with a span,
I would be measured by the soul,
The mind's the standard of the man
."






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This is the only film that is even sadder than 火垂るの墓!





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by available_english | 2010-04-16 08:00 | Movie