... this film. The outstanding British cast is brilliant together and make you feel like your there with them. They make you think that this was actually filmed whilst Joseph Merrick, Frederick Treves and the rest of all those who affected his life were all alive. Camera techniques are used well, close ups are used on those who meet Merrick for the first time; they show the fear and astonishment on their faces, women scream and faint when they see him wouldn't you? , Men make fun of him, but they are used on Joseph Merrick to show his emotions although hard to see because of his disfigured face. The film is shot in black and white, which gives it a documentary feel to it. The harrowing flashbacks of trampling elephants, the satanic mills and belching smoke of the Victorian industry, are powerful. The flashbacks are almost like horrific nightmare visions of ...

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