The Elephant Man (1980) - ****
Director: David Lynch
An English doctor brings a physically-deformed John Merrick under his wing
Amazing. My first Lynch movie, and I loved it. The feeling on this one was just so unique. Everything about the way it was acted, shot, written, produced... It just made me feel like I was watching an old movie from the 30s or 40s; and yes, that is a good thing. It helped set the tone to the film. Also, Lynch brings a great message with him, regarding the cruelness of society and about acceptness.


Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) - ***1/2
Director: Alan Parker
A troubled musician looks back on his life as his mental-state deteriorates.
Before I get started, let me say, I am trying my best not to provide any pro-Floyd biasm--and I think I am doing successfully, as I plot out my words in my head. The Wall is my favorite Pink Floyd album, which--for me--beats out Darkside of the Moon by less than a hundreth of a point. The idea to play the album to film is an excellent idea. Parker brings along powerful imagry in which the only means of plot-progression is the brilliant music of Roger Waters. Every shot in this film is an amazing piece of visual art, and is keenly crafted to fit its constant sound-track. The exploration of the main character is well done, a great feat when the fact of it being Roger Water's first attempt at writing a film is brought into consideration. This is a must see for any fans of Pink Floyd, Floydian, or just rock music in general. I highly reccomend it to any movie-buff. This is just a great and highly entertaining film by itself.


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There it is. Also, mainly targetted towards DV, who influenced this decision, I will be watching Last Days tonight... I'll try and get a review up within the week.