Comforting Skin 2011

Directed by derek franson.

Comforting skin 2011. Much of franson s work has involved visual effects and animation. Movies tv celebrities and more. But comforting skin is different in a way that we haven t seen a film like this in a while.

It is a strange yet familiar coming of age film meaning out of young middle 20 s. You know the time of moving away from the chaos of poor judgement and freedom and into adulthood. It is the only feature film he has made to date the idea of the tattoo that gains a life of its own is one that has played out in several other films.

A lonely young woman s desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin. With victoria bidewell tygh runyan jane sowerby philip granger. Audience reviews for comforting skin nov 23 2014 essentially since this doesn t even have a description on here this film is about a very insecure woman koffie who gets a tattoo in order to.

An anguished woman s tattoo takes on a mind of its own spreading across her skin as it seduces her into a dangerous cycle of delusional self destruction.