From the body cage / written and directed by Iga Czarnawska.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Czarnawska, Iga, director, author.

Parallel Lines (Firm), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bulimia--Psychological aspects.

Bulimia.

Eating disorders in women.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Sunol, CA : Parallel Lines, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

From the Body Cage offers an insider's view to the paradoxical logic of bulimia nervosa. It is the first film on eating disorders made by insiders to the issue , and the first film to attempt a portrayal of the sheer state of mind of a sufferer. Highly experimental, the film uses actors, music and text in a collage like structure, constituting a visual poem that exposes the very emotions of eating disorders. But there is also a universal aspect to the story as the struggles portrayed in From the Body Cage represent eternal human struggles: defining and losing one's sense of self, feeling judged, trying to be the best one can be and fearing the emergence of one's evil alter ego. It is this aspect that makes it ultimately possible for anyone to empathize, and almost forget for a second that it is all about food. Or - is it? Praised by Eating Disorder Prevention Programs, the film captures the private psychological battles seen by experts in many of the college students see suffering from bulimia.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed February 01, 2016).

OCLC:

945370215