Bill Hader on The Elephant Man

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@Austionous 5 ай бұрын

My earliest memory of any movie is of the Elephant Man. My parents were watching it, and I was young enough that my Mom had to explain to me that someone could be born with a deformity and my Dad explained to me that some movies are based on real events. The movie absolutely terrified me. Not because of Merrick's appearance (Though it was alarming for the time) but because I couldn't comprehend why people would treat him so cruelly. It was the first time I had a strong emotional reaction to a movie and learned that movies were something more than mere entertainment. As much as I enjoy and appreciate Lynch's more surreal films, I always wished he made more like this one.

@UDONTCME111 5 ай бұрын

Same. I always wished he made more films like this.

@davidowens9408 5 ай бұрын

Yes, The Straight Story was great too.

@Flike245 5 ай бұрын

There are days where this is my favourite Lynch film.

@stewartwilson1209 15 күн бұрын

I think cinema has traumatised society and normalised this. Us humans have enough to process figuring out how to be human and the Hollywood / entertainment industry puts our healing in reverse

@antoyal 5 ай бұрын

Hader's referring to Merrick as "Elephant Man" reminds me of Norm referring to vampires as "draculas." 😄

@SlickNik94 5 ай бұрын

That makes me think of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, where the weirdo hitcher mentions his pa and brother back at home and Franklin says "A whole family of Draculas!"

@Research0digo 5 ай бұрын

Except the movie wasn't called the John Merrick story ...

@brodieyake7735 5 күн бұрын

Haha that's so true.

@haydenc41_82 5 ай бұрын

One of the greatest films ever made and one of the masterpieces of the 20th century

@Fafafafoolin 5 ай бұрын

I worked at a movie theater when "Elephant Man" was released so I got to watch it for weeks on end! It took 15 more weeks of "Life of Brian" to bring me back from the edge, lol!

@lanolinlight 5 ай бұрын

The Elephant Man and The Straight Story never stood apart from the rest of Lynch's work to me. On the level of visual texture and rhythm, they are as Lynchian as any other of his films. All of his films swim below the surface, even if these two films address darkness more gently.

@donniecatalano 5 ай бұрын

An unforgettable masterpiece

@egarza9241 5 ай бұрын

"A friend of mine told me[Bill Hader], he saw Elephant Man in the theatre and there was a scene when Elephant Man's talking to the singer, woman, and it's [a] very sweet, gentle scene and she's like of looking at him like he's a human," Bill Hader told Eli Roth's History of Horror: Uncut. He continued, "And she's saying 'it's so nice to meet you' and there's this quiet moment and the guy in the theatre went 'kill her Elephant Man,' noting, "Like, he was like 'this is a monster movie right?"

@writeralbertlanier3434 5 ай бұрын

L ynch did one of his rare conventional films in directing The Elephant Man. It's an excellent period piece. With beautiful black and white photography As well an outstanding cast. Lynch could easily have made period pieces on the strength of this movie.

@halfvader8015 5 ай бұрын

The weird thing about that is that while it does seem like a more mainstream movie, there's just *so much* Eraserhead in there!

@Dantegrey1 5 ай бұрын

As with most good films I have seen, I saw this way too early. I have probably had nightmares about it around a hundred times during the last 45 years. It's great!

@Elephant2024 10 сағат бұрын

Originally saw it as a kid and was very upset with how Mr. Merrick was abused like a circus animal and treated like an outcast by people on the street. Have since watched it numerous times as an adult and find myself totally mesmerized by the performances of John Hurt, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, etc. Brilliant direction by David Lynch.

@daniellobo1680 Ай бұрын

Great movie. Sad story......BUT when I was a child growing up I was about 6 years old when I first saw it and I was terrified of him. For many years unfortunately..... it wasn't until I matured that my fear went away. To this day....his story intrigues me. Documentaries, books and the movie have a special place in my heart. I guess I was just foolish when I was younger. Love you Joseph...RIP brother❤❤❤🙏

@FucTrump 5 ай бұрын

Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm about as stoic and unemotional as a brass statue. This movie makes me blubber like a traumatized baby from start to finish.

@djstarsign 5 ай бұрын

Saw this movie as a child and I’ve never been able to revisit it. It was heartbreaking and I was blindsided. Much like the guy in the theater from Hader’s anecdote, I too thought this was going to be a monster movie, not this emotionally charged true story about someone who endured so much cruelty. I wasn’t prepared and it left a pretty deep emotional wound.

@Research0digo 5 ай бұрын

"blubber"?

@LawsMusic108 5 ай бұрын

"killer elephant man" would b a dynamite movie

@Bmwweese 5 ай бұрын

a dynamite B movie

@RodolfLeclerc 5 ай бұрын

The subtitles got it wrong. It's; -"KILL HER, elephant man".

@BrandenBrazil 2 күн бұрын

It is cinematic perfection!

@rciesi1 5 ай бұрын

Someone needs to find that dude in the audience and tell him that the real gore doesn’t start until the sequel! Elephant Man 2: Junk in the Trunk

@JustWasted3HoursHere Күн бұрын

David didn't like his version of Dune, but I always loved it.

@BUFFAL0S0LDI3R 2 күн бұрын

Wow this hit me like a ton of bricks, I can’t believe he’s dead. I guess this means they’ll never finish making Barry

@JosephHuether 5 ай бұрын

I remember being in 7th grade in 1968 and reading the written account about John Merrick in…I believe…Natural History magazine. Very powerful. It was excerpted from Fredrick Drimmer’s book “Very Special People”. The film…based on the stage play…was an excellent homage to the story.

@joshua2814 5 ай бұрын

Where do all these Hader clips come from? Does he host a film series or something?

@NostalgicGamerRickOShay 7 күн бұрын

I wish Bill hader made more puppet show class videos.

@JPH1138 27 күн бұрын

At the risk of sounding super pedantic, the clips of John Merrick the Elephant Man talking to the woman in the drawing room are with the wife of Anthony Hopkins' character. The singer was played by Anne Bancroft and appeared later in the film.

@caeserromero3013 5 ай бұрын

Whatever happened to the Elephant man? He just made that one great movie and then disappeared. They could have at least given him a sequel, Elephant man 2. Or maybe even done a cross over: Elephant Man vs Dumbo?

@John-ei1uh 3 ай бұрын

😂this should not be funny

@julian9898 5 ай бұрын

OH NO LETS GO! 😂

@deakensomoza3305 5 ай бұрын

Bill Hader on Robert Zemeckis?

@markportuondo2483 5 ай бұрын

Do you make the same type of comments on every video?

@Booogieman 5 ай бұрын

Dmitry Bykov's favorite movie

@Research0digo 5 ай бұрын

#BillHader on Chinwag - live podcast.

@76ToneCrome 5 ай бұрын

Nick Frost in the Elephant Man???

@brianvail9212 5 ай бұрын

Elephantiasis is a bad trip.

@ObsoleteGamercom 5 ай бұрын

At the end of the movie, you can see the style of the ending is very ghost-like and you can see the same style being used throughout many scenes in the 1984 Dune movie.