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TETSUO: THE IRON MAN
鉄男 | Tetsuo
Synopsis
A young man inserts a metal rod into his thigh. When his wound gets infested with maggots, he runs away and is hit by a car. After disposing of the body, the driver finds a piece of metal protruding from his cheek. From then on, his body becomes a magnet, attracting all the city’s metallic debris.
Synopsis
A young man inserts a metal rod into his thigh. When his wound gets infested with maggots, he runs away and is hit by a car. After disposing of the body, the driver finds a piece of metal protruding from his cheek. From then on, his body becomes a magnet, attracting all the city’s metallic debris.
Our take
An out-of-this-world nightmare birthed from metal and flesh, Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s cult horror classic frenetically rejects the drudgery of so-called normal life. Surrendering to the tactile allure of the machine, the human body undergoes extreme transformations, set to a frenzied industrial score.