5 Potent Movies About Disabilities And How They Really Feel
From 1980’s The Elephant Man directed by David Lynch to 2014’s The Theory of Everything directed by James Marsh, cinema is packed with heartfelt melodramas starring disabled protagonists. What’s unique about a great film, though, is its ability to place us within the experience of its characters—much like our article about trippy movies that capture the feeling of being on drugs. The filmmaker’s full toolkit is exploited in such movies: sound design, cinematography, narrative structure, everything....
