远古的虔诚和当代的世俗同样荒诞。布努埃尔的民航飞机比库布里克的太空飞船走得更远。

英式幽默的笑果还是很持久的 太有想象力了

到最后字幕打出来真的被震撼到了，一直到全片演职员表播完都没回过神来。这种震撼绝对是由110分钟非常完美的铺垫出来的。欲落泪。五星给电影带给我的震撼。

真与伪，美与丑，善与恶。40年前林奇就已经很有先见地在探讨消费主义。对于马戏团老板来说，丑陋畸形病态猎奇可以被消费。对于社会名流而言，同情怜悯同样可以被消费。剧中护士长和医生的争论，抛出一个疑问：我们究竟应以何种视角去面对他人不幸？因为同情可以是虚伪的，怜悯可以是带鄙视的。古典道德范式中究竟有无纯粹的人道关怀？剧中救他的医生也扪心自问，自己是否同样将象人作为一个展品？所谓人道关怀难道不是一种虚假的道德安慰？一种人性的假意？在林奇的视角下，人道关怀是一种暴力，就像送给象人的化妆盒一样讽刺。更深层来说，伴随工业革命而来的消费主义正不断侵蚀人们的道德观，人们消费一切可消费之物。医院护工每夜带人参观与白天名流们对象人的“关怀”相对比，你选择假意的善还是真实的恶？最后象人终于坐到观众席，成为了消费者。

Sinners who art on earth, behold the masterpiece of horror! I can’t resist to make a philosophical reading of the film, helped on by Foucault. If the most evident level of dread stems from the possession of a sweet young girl by an ancient demon, another less obvious layer is much more significant. The movie starts by showing the child as bright, blooming, active - at most shaken up by her parents' recent divorce. As the doctors get more and more hold of her, kicking off with medication then moving forward with invasive, shocking tests & treatments, she gradually loses her self. As such, it's the cold, instrumental, dehumanizing gaze of the medical institution that is the most terrifying.