Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection (2023) [N/A]
Release Date:
March 24, 2023
Original Title:
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
Alternate Titles:
CERE ANATOMICHE
四个未被爱过的女人，漂浮在漫无目的的海上，体验解剖的喜悦
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
Fondazione Prada
Production Countries:
Canada | Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 4
Cronenberg's speculative historical work draws inspiration from the anatomical waxworks at the La Specola museum in Florence, Italy. These wax models, traditionally used for medical demonstrations, are given a new perspective in the film. Cronenberg's work reveals the vibrant and surprising aspects of these female wax corpses, which were previously seen as static and serious. As David Cronenberg explains: “The Specola wax figures were created as a teaching tool, capable of revealing the mysteries of the human body to those who could not access … real cadavers held in universities and hospitals. In their attempt to create whole, partially dissected figures, whose body language and facial expression did not show suffering or agony … the sculptors ended up producing living characters apparently overcome by ecstasy. It was this surprising stylistic choice that captured my imagination: what if it was the dissection itself that induced that tension, that almost religious rapture?”