The Elephant Man Analysis - Renegade Cut

David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980) is a true cinema classic and is typically the first David Lynch film most people watch in the course of their life. As I mention in my book series 40 Years of David Lynch, although it is just the first conventionally shot film of David Lynch, The Elephant Man remains his most Oscar nominated film of his entire forty-plus year career.

Steve Martin vs Stanley Kubrick Chess Match

Earlier this Summer, Charlie Rose interviewed Steve Martin on a number of topics, but of particular interest to Rose was an anecdote of the typically reclusive director, Stanley Kubrick. The year was 1980 and Steve Martin was a standup comic-turned actor starting to receive a lot of attention for his film work, The Jerk (1979) having just been released in cinemas worldwide. Kubrick invited Martin to an unforgettable time at the famed director's English estate.