THEME EXPLORATION

plastic surgery

8 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In
La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In
2011 · Pedro Almodóvar
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Fashions for Women
Fashions for Women
1927 · Dorothy Arzner
Stolen Face
Stolen Face
1952 · Terence Fisher
A Woman’s Face
A Woman’s Face
1941 · George Cukor
The Terminal Man
The Terminal Man
1974 · Mike Hodges
200 Pounds Beauty
200 Pounds Beauty
2006 · Kim Yong-hwa
Men of Plastic
Men of Plastic
2022 · Im Jin-soon
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Crimes of the Future' and 'Videodrome' obsessively explore the transformation and mutilation of the human body as a central philosophical and visceral theme.

 Darren Aronofsky United States

Films like 'Black Swan' and 'The Fountain' delve into psychological obsession with physical transformation and bodily perfection as mirrors of inner torment.