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Tom's Flesh (1995) [N/A]

Directed by:
Tom DiMaria, Jane C. Wagner


Release Date:
January 1, 1995

Original Title:
Tom's Flesh

Genres:
Documentary

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 8

Overview from TheMovieDB

Through a landscape of harsh and seductive images, enter the hypnotic and claustrophobic world of plastic surgery, eating disorders, childhood abuse, self-perception, sexual identity and the obsessive mind. Tom’s Flesh is a 9 minute experimental documentary film that is informed by the intersection of late 20th century gay male body aesthetic and childhood abuse circa 1960s. Incorporating dark, distant memories with a detailing of recent invasive procedures, the film explores the relationship between mind and body, past and present, self and society.

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Overview from Open Movies

The opening of the film is sterile and detached, focusing on a faceless mouth from which streams the names of cosmetic surgical procedures. What follows is a series of stabbing memories of derision, fear, and desperation, leading to an ending punctuated with a seemingly hopeless statement by the film's focal character.

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Rankings and Honors

Tom's Flesh (1995) on IMDb
Awards Won: 1 win

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Production

Director:
Jane C. Wagner

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