Illustrated Man
Illustrated Man
Production country:
dk
Year:
1995
Duration:
26'
Edition:
1996
Format:
film/video
An experimental documentary about tattooing, piercing, sex and body cults. For instance: one man holds a wooden plank up to his mouth and stretches out his tongue, a second man draws two long nails out of his nostrils, picks up a hammer and nails the tongue to the plank. Some fail to see the sense in this; for others it is sensual, different, grandiose. And they supply details: how, where, why, when, how often, where ... and, surprisingly, some want nothing more than to look normal.