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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

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Central Cinema Cinesthesia presents The Elephant Man (1980)

Central Cinema Cinesthesia presents The Elephant Man (1980)

Meeting Room 302
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2024, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Central Cinema Cinesthesia presents The Elephant Man (1980).

"With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England. When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the freak-show performer John Merrick (John Hurt), who has severe skeletal and soft-tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship" (Criterion).

Hosted by Jason Fuhrman, Cinesthesia is an adventurous, eclectic series of classic and contemporary films that focuses on the complex relationship between literature and cinema. Cinesthesia strives to foster constructive dialogue, while breathing new life into controversial works, neglected masterpieces, and titles in the margins of film history.  

Meeting Room 302