The dis-position of man refers equally to the loss of inner life and the cheap selling-out of human individuality. The compulsion of constant self-optimisation is therefore expressed in a compulsion to perfect the standardisations of a promise of beauty. They are suggested in the revelation of their real beauty, but beauty decays to become the de-personalised, slippery smooth surface of a self-parody. In its masterful form as much as in its intention, Caterpillarplasty is a dark, wet, equally fascinating and slippery glamour portrait of this alleged beauty.
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Festivals
At the International Short Film Days 2018 the Ecumenical Jury awarded its Prize to the Chinese film "Magnificent Obsession". The Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen went to "Dėmės ir įbrėžimai" (Stains and Scratches") from Latvia.
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