You name it, and I can watch it with ease. Graphic things on television, any film and anything on the internet will do little to affect me. I've seen carnal art before, and it hasn't really affected me a great deal. However, unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I can't really say that about this film. Although while watching the film I never looked away from the screen because of the graphic content, it did make me uncomfortable at times. Let me put it this way. This film was screened for a class of mine, and one student passed out, and we called 911.
The film chronicals a series of operations performed on Orlan, a French woman intent on completely changing her appearance. These operations however, are not an attempt to change her apperance for purposes of beauty, but is instead an attempt to change her appearance to what beauty was considered at different points in history. Through this she attempts to show how she can manipulate and change the body through science and technology.
I would highly recommend this film to anybody that is interested in body art, but also to anybody interested in the abnormal. Personally, this type of art fascinates me, and I really couldn't take my eyes away from the screen for a second for fear of missing something. It's well put together and the score and camera work add a great deal of intensity. The first watch is so shocking that it's mesmerizing.
**Warning** to those interested and willing to take the challenge. If you cannot watch surgery on the Discovery Chanel, you do not have a chance at watching this film.
The film chronicals a series of operations performed on Orlan, a French woman intent on completely changing her appearance. These operations however, are not an attempt to change her apperance for purposes of beauty, but is instead an attempt to change her appearance to what beauty was considered at different points in history. Through this she attempts to show how she can manipulate and change the body through science and technology.
I would highly recommend this film to anybody that is interested in body art, but also to anybody interested in the abnormal. Personally, this type of art fascinates me, and I really couldn't take my eyes away from the screen for a second for fear of missing something. It's well put together and the score and camera work add a great deal of intensity. The first watch is so shocking that it's mesmerizing.
**Warning** to those interested and willing to take the challenge. If you cannot watch surgery on the Discovery Chanel, you do not have a chance at watching this film.
