Cover Image

Tom's flesh /

An experimental documentary film informed by the intersection of the gay male body aesthetic and childhood abuse circa 1960s. Incorporating dark, distant memories, and recent invasive procedures, the film draws on the personal experience of one of its makers: growing up fat, losing huge amounts of w...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Di Maria, Tom (Director, Producer), Wagner, Jane C. (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Frameline, 1994.
Series:LGBT studies in video
Subjects:
Body image > Psychological aspects.
Eating disorders > Psychological aspects.
Gay men > Psychology.
Identity (Psychology)
Men > Psychology.
Overweight men > Psychological aspects.
Surgery, Plastic > Psychological aspects.
Image du corps > Aspect psychologique.
Troubles du comportement alimentaire > Aspect psychologique.
Homosexuels masculins > Psychologie.
Identité (Psychologie)
Hommes > Psychologie.
Hommes en surpoids > Aspect psychologique.
Chirurgie plastique > Aspect psychologique.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:An experimental documentary film informed by the intersection of the gay male body aesthetic and childhood abuse circa 1960s. Incorporating dark, distant memories, and recent invasive procedures, the film draws on the personal experience of one of its makers: growing up fat, losing huge amounts of weight, being bulimic and anorexic, having plastic surgery, these all reflect the outward signs of Tom's relationship to his flesh, his internal self-perception and external self imaging.
Physical Description:1 online resource (8 min.).
Production Credits:Co-producer, co-director, Tom Di Maria ; camera, Tina di Feliciantonio ; director, Jane C. Wagner.