Rating: Not Rated
Movie Release Date: 2005
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2007
Plot 411: Documentary about all kinds of body modifications.
Review: Dayum, this movie is definitely not for the faint of heart. Surprisingly though, I was more queasy watching the regular plastic surgery bits than the "radical" body modifications. This doc interviewed a ton of people within and outside of the body modification world. This included plastic surgeons (because boob jobs and face lifts are mods), bodybuilders (because ginormous arms, legs and chests are body mods), tattoo/piercing artists (because they're actually responsible for the mods) and industry innovators (the grandfathers of the movement). Overall, it was amazing to see what people do to their bodies and the lengths to which they take it. I found the mohawk implants pretty cool looking to be honest. Also, tattooing has come such a long way that it really is an artform now. For me, this doc was more about personal liberties and freedoms than about the extreme ways in which people demonstrated this. However, you gotta admit that subdermal implants on your arms, legs and head are pretty in-your-face ways to show this. Some people have taken it pretty far and have changed the way they look to imitate animals. There's a lizard guy and a tiger guy. Amazing to look at! There were also clips of people doing performance art (ie. hanging from hooks, sticking sharp objects through their faces and mouth, etc.), which slightly resembles the freak shows from yesteryear. I'm sure the performers get some sort of gratification by shocking people, but I also think there's a lot of them who do it for other reasons too, such as spiritual, mind-over-matter-type phenomenons. The lizard guy made a good point - that humanity exists on a sliding scale of normality. What one person does to modify themselves (like coloring their hair to cover up their greys, pumping iron or tattooing their entire body) is subjective and normalcy and/or extremes can only be determined by the individual. Why should one type of modification be more accepted than the others? I guess to quote lyrics from an En Vogue song, "Free your mind and the rest will follow."
Watch It: If you can handle surgery clips of breast augmentations, breast reductions, liposuction, tummy tucks, hair implants, genital piercing, tongue splitting (I have no clue what this is officially called), branding, scarring and subdermal implanting.
Skip It: If you've already fainting by this point.
Movie Release Date: 2005
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2007
Plot 411: Documentary about all kinds of body modifications.
Review: Dayum, this movie is definitely not for the faint of heart. Surprisingly though, I was more queasy watching the regular plastic surgery bits than the "radical" body modifications. This doc interviewed a ton of people within and outside of the body modification world. This included plastic surgeons (because boob jobs and face lifts are mods), bodybuilders (because ginormous arms, legs and chests are body mods), tattoo/piercing artists (because they're actually responsible for the mods) and industry innovators (the grandfathers of the movement). Overall, it was amazing to see what people do to their bodies and the lengths to which they take it. I found the mohawk implants pretty cool looking to be honest. Also, tattooing has come such a long way that it really is an artform now. For me, this doc was more about personal liberties and freedoms than about the extreme ways in which people demonstrated this. However, you gotta admit that subdermal implants on your arms, legs and head are pretty in-your-face ways to show this. Some people have taken it pretty far and have changed the way they look to imitate animals. There's a lizard guy and a tiger guy. Amazing to look at! There were also clips of people doing performance art (ie. hanging from hooks, sticking sharp objects through their faces and mouth, etc.), which slightly resembles the freak shows from yesteryear. I'm sure the performers get some sort of gratification by shocking people, but I also think there's a lot of them who do it for other reasons too, such as spiritual, mind-over-matter-type phenomenons. The lizard guy made a good point - that humanity exists on a sliding scale of normality. What one person does to modify themselves (like coloring their hair to cover up their greys, pumping iron or tattooing their entire body) is subjective and normalcy and/or extremes can only be determined by the individual. Why should one type of modification be more accepted than the others? I guess to quote lyrics from an En Vogue song, "Free your mind and the rest will follow."
Watch It: If you can handle surgery clips of breast augmentations, breast reductions, liposuction, tummy tucks, hair implants, genital piercing, tongue splitting (I have no clue what this is officially called), branding, scarring and subdermal implanting.
Skip It: If you've already fainting by this point.
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