With sometimes painful directness, Valie Export conducts a psychological investigation of the body in this film performance, externalizes an internal state. In front of a police photo showing two children who were sexually abused by their parents, she tortuously cuts into her cuticles until blood drips into a bowl of milk on her lap. On top of the symbolic plane of blood and milk, the physical effect on the viewer of her destructive act of self-mutilation is extreme.
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Stars: Valie Export
Crew: Valie Export (Director), Didi (Cinematography)
Country: Austria
Language: No Language
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Runtime: 10 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 07, 1973
IMDb: 4.9
Keywords:woman director
