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Illustrated man (1995)

Illustrated man poster
Directed by
Bent Staalhøj
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
27 min

How it feels

A Danish documentary about people who use their bodies as canvases for tattoos. It follows their journeys through pain and transformation as they change their appearance permanently.

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What happens

Illustrated man er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1995 med instruktion og manuskript af Bent Staalhøj. Et moderne videoeventyr om kroppen som lærred for tatoveringer i S/H og farve som var de malet af Rouault, El Greco og Picasso. En mareridtsagtig drøm og rejse mod et rumskib og evigheden. En flugt væk fra den intense smerte og ind i en livsvarig identitetsforandring, som er det eneste ved ens eget udseende, man selv har valgt. En fortælling om at overvinde sine fordomme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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