34x25x36

The third installment in BODY TYPED, a trilogy (including THE GUARANTEE and the Sundance award-winning WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES) examining notions of physical perfection. In 34x25x36, we visit the Patina V Mannequin Factory where the artistry, craft and marketing that go into creating "the ideal woman of the moment"--in plastic--are accompanied by a remarkable amount of reflection on just what that ideal means. The designer hearkens back to the roots of his craft not only in French 19th-century wax figures but also in the religious icons of medieval times.
Provocative and informative, the film premiered at the SXSW film festival, and director, Jesse Epstein, was recently named to Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

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• Action & Adventure

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• body
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• sex
• beauty
• mannequin

[Zenistential]

Personally, I find perfection boring. That's probably why I prefer real women. The imperfections are where I find real beauty.

Love the doc. by the way.

[limapal00za]

there are no perfect bodies out there.....

[matoushka]

Has anyone ever noticed that when clothing is put on a mannequin in the store, the clothing on her is always scrunched and pinned on the back, so that it actually looks like the clothing is small/tight enough for her, even though what she's wearing is already, like, Size 00? I'm not saying we should make overweight mannequins to be PC, but...shouldn't we be making normal-sized ones, not ones that are too skinny for even the already skinny clothes they are selling?

[shahidawan]

whatever u do u still cant breath a life into mannequins no man can be god

[shahidawan]

whatever u do u still cant breath a life into mannequins no man can be god

[encoreyaya]

What mannequins represent to us as a society? They are there so store owners can sell clothing. I don't think with retail space being as expensive as it is, any business owner in their right mind would have fat mannequins just to be politically correct.

This is another example of people reading into things too much again.

[tigger653214]

eww...

[simcitymoviecritic]

@nanogirl agreed.

[simcitymoviecritic]

That was entertaining.....

[nanogirl]

It's not just a doc about mannequins, it's about what they represent to us as a society. What is our image of beauty, how realistic is it, where is it on our list of priorities... the mannequin is one small part of a bigger picture or question.

[Latraviata17]

Wow! That's all I have to say...

Where will all this lead us in the end?

[NikkixCandy]

I only clicked on this because those are my measurements. I didn't expect the video to be so interesting.