The Doctor Is In (Too Deep)
Lynch is known for pulling back the curtain on human nature, but what if the real performance is happening offstage? The Elephant Man plays like one of his most conventional films—until you start questioning who’s really in control. Sure, John Merrick (John Hurt, in a role that turns his name into cruel irony) is the spectacle, but isn’t Dr. Treves (a young, eerily restrained Anthony Hopkins) just another ringmaster? He rescues Merrick from the…