In My Skin (Marina de Van)

dwatts · 03-22-2004, 10:28 AM

Alright, so has anyone actually seen this film?

I'm intrigued. Reviews seem to vary between "Arty crap", to "SHOCK! HORROR!". I guess I picture a more subdued, artistic Guinea Pig film. Seems like everyone questions the ending, so there's clearly no "resolution" as such.

Still, I stumbled upon it because it reads somewhat like the (apparently) abandoned project Cronenberg was going to be working on.

So, it's coming April 20th according to Amazon - anyone got any info?

Amazon Link

IMDB Link

03-22-2004, 12:24 PM

It's in my Netflix queue... I've been wanting to see it for a few months now. I'll come back to this thread after I've seen it, to comment. By the way, there was a bit of info about it in one of the more recent issues of Rue Morgue. I think it was the one that covered French horror.

marioscido · 03-22-2004, 05:32 PM

Great film! One of the best films I saw last year. It is very smart and very fetishistic in its portrayal of bodily self-mutilation. The film's emotions move from fear to rapture in very interesting ways. Great!

03-23-2004, 12:06 AM

Yes, an excellent film indeed! Very gruesome and pretty unnerving, I can definitely see it upsetting certain viewers. The dinner table scene is classic! It is a pretty tragic film overall, and also quite brilliant. Highly recommended, and I'm definitely picking up the DVD.

gusse · 03-23-2004, 07:26 AM

I was very eager to see this movie at Stockholm Filmfestival last year, but was left a bit dissapointed when the movie was over. Can't remember exactly what I found dissapointing, I just remember that the movie didnt manage to move me as much as it should have - and I am very interested and involved in the stuff the movie trys to talk about after years of dealing with the problems my self (I sort of got addicted to cutting a few years ago, and I have many friends who went through the same shit). The movie felt a bit distant and un personal if my memory serves me correct. Sort of pretentious and artificial. It was OK but it could have been better.

SaviniFan · 05-06-2004, 03:16 PM

I just picked up this movie. This movie had me squirming in my seat like almost no other has before. Amazingly bizarre, but compelling from beginning to end. I liked it. 7/10.

indiephantom · 05-06-2004, 11:51 PM

just ordered it.

Ash28M · 05-07-2004, 01:33 AM

I thought it was a good film but really hard to watch. (Not like I’m complaining) It got to the point where I almost needed a breather between disturbing scenes, they just kept coming.

Just one question for those who have scene the film. Is it just me or ….

Spoiler:

That last scene where she was jabbing the knife around her eye. The very next scene wasn't the wrong eye all bruised and cut up while the one she was jabbing appear to be fine.

SaviniFan · 05-07-2004, 01:53 AM

Ash28M

I noticed that too. Perhaps a second viewing will clear things up.

Spoiler:

I noticed that the cut she made on her head above her eyes was also opposite from what it appeared to be in that scene. Perhaps the view was from a mirror image. Didn't notice upon the first view if it was, but it didn't appear to be.

05-07-2004, 01:58 AM

I really want to see this now.

shift · 05-10-2004, 06:51 AM

Oh hell yea. It's on my Buy list

Thanks for the reviews all.!!

Tye · 05-19-2004, 01:08 AM

Just saw this the other night and it was one of the few films that really made me sick to my stomache. I almost fast-forwarded one scene but stuck with it.
My only "complaint" was that the ending came too quickly.
Still it's one that I will purchase on DVD.

05-19-2004, 01:25 AM

I finally read about this movie and now I really want to see it. MAybe I'll see if Best Buy has it next time I'm there.
Just checked and Best Buy does not carry this in store. You have to order it dammit.

05-19-2004, 02:17 PM

Bastards... well worth the order though, in my opinion.

05-26-2004, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gusse

The movie felt a bit distant and un personal if my memory serves me correct. Sort of pretentious and artificial. It was OK but it could have been better.

Couldn't agree with you more... I watched it last night, and found myself surprisingly unaffected by it. Not so much by the self mutilation, which I did find a bit uncomfortable to watch, but by her character, her struggle, everything. In the end... I really didn't care too much about what happened to her - and I think that's what spoiled it for me.

03-22-2004, 10:28 AM	#1
dwatts HackMaster Join Date: May 2002 Location: Crashed Posts: 16,580	In My Skin (Marina de Van) Alright, so has anyone actually seen this film? I'm intrigued. Reviews seem to vary between "Arty crap", to "SHOCK! HORROR!". I guess I picture a more subdued, artistic Guinea Pig film. Seems like everyone questions the ending, so there's clearly no "resolution" as such. Still, I stumbled upon it because it reads somewhat like the (apparently) abandoned project Cronenberg was going to be working on. So, it's coming April 20th according to Amazon - anyone got any info? Amazon Link IMDB Link Last edited by dwatts; 03-22-2004 at 12:35 PM.

03-22-2004, 05:32 PM	#3
marioscido Stalker Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Montréal Posts: 453	Great film! One of the best films I saw last year. It is very smart and very fetishistic in its portrayal of bodily self-mutilation. The film's emotions move from fear to rapture in very interesting ways. Great! __________________ "Yes, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it. Let those curse it who curse the Sea, those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan." Job 3: 7-8 Last edited by marioscido; 03-23-2004 at 06:20 AM.

03-23-2004, 07:26 AM	#5
gusse Stalker Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 350	I was very eager to see this movie at Stockholm Filmfestival last year, but was left a bit dissapointed when the movie was over. Can't remember exactly what I found dissapointing, I just remember that the movie didnt manage to move me as much as it should have - and I am very interested and involved in the stuff the movie trys to talk about after years of dealing with the problems my self (I sort of got addicted to cutting a few years ago, and I have many friends who went through the same shit). The movie felt a bit distant and un personal if my memory serves me correct. Sort of pretentious and artificial. It was OK but it could have been better. __________________ MY DVD COLLECTION

05-06-2004, 03:16 PM	#6
SaviniFan I Have A Fetish Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On the cutting room floor. Posts: 5,444	I just picked up this movie. This movie had me squirming in my seat like almost no other has before. Amazingly bizarre, but compelling from beginning to end. I liked it. 7/10. __________________ Exercise. Eat right. Die anyway. PS3 Gamer Tag: SaviniFan Steam Gamer Tag: ToastyBuffoon My DVD Profiler

05-10-2004, 06:51 AM	#11
shift Ring who? Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: - TeXaS - Posts: 3,434	Oh hell yea. It's on my Buy list Thanks for the reviews all.!! __________________ “I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure”

03-22-2004, 12:24 PM	#2
Luna Guest Posts: n/a	It's in my Netflix queue... I've been wanting to see it for a few months now. I'll come back to this thread after I've seen it, to comment. By the way, there was a bit of info about it in one of the more recent issues of Rue Morgue. I think it was the one that covered French horror.

03-23-2004, 12:06 AM	#4
Cujo108 Guest Posts: n/a	Yes, an excellent film indeed! Very gruesome and pretty unnerving, I can definitely see it upsetting certain viewers. The dinner table scene is classic! It is a pretty tragic film overall, and also quite brilliant. Highly recommended, and I'm definitely picking up the DVD.

05-06-2004, 11:51 PM	#7
indiephantom Horny Spirit Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Ghost World Posts: 3,880	just ordered it.

05-07-2004, 01:58 AM	#10
Numania Guest Posts: n/a	I really want to see this now.

05-19-2004, 01:08 AM	#12
Tye Stalker Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Midwest Posts: 341	Just saw this the other night and it was one of the few films that really made me sick to my stomache. I almost fast-forwarded one scene but stuck with it. My only "complaint" was that the ending came too quickly. Still it's one that I will purchase on DVD. __________________ “I say….I believe your ectoplasm is showing….”

05-19-2004, 01:25 AM	#13
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	I finally read about this movie and now I really want to see it. MAybe I'll see if Best Buy has it next time I'm there. Just checked and Best Buy does not carry this in store. You have to order it dammit.

05-19-2004, 02:17 PM	#14
Luna Guest Posts: n/a	Bastards... well worth the order though, in my opinion.

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