His take on the heartbreaking story of Joseph Merrick made his career – but is the late director’s least typical film also his greatest? Amidst the many weird and wonderful characters from the ...

Three years after making his debut with "Eraserhead," Lynch tackled the true story of Englishman John Merrick (played by John Hurt) – in real life, Joseph Merrick – who's labeled a freak because of ...

The great sorcerer of American cinema died on 16 January 2025. David Lynch’s life ended after fifty years of singular visions ...

Here is a look at five of his most emblematic works: 'The Elephant Man' (1980) Lynch's black-and-white second feature is ...

Lynch’s black-and-white second feature is among his more sentimental works, and was adapted from the diary of Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man born in the US in 1862 with a condition that ...