SXSW FILM REVIEW: Impressionistic documentary Caterpillar evokes the trauma of beauty standards.
, a fascinating documentary written and directed by Liza Mandelup - I know for a fact that more than one viewer was convinced for a good, long time they were watching a low-budget feature rather than a doc.
He discovers it in a company called BrightOcular, which offers a procedure that changes the color of the patient’s eyes by inserting an artificial iris. This company, which advertises on YouTube and whose procedures are not FDA-approved, light up something in David - he decides he wants his brown eyes to become “frost.”
This probably should have been a red flag, but David clearly needs… something to change in his life. He heads from Miami to India for the procedure.is a subtle, impressionistic meditation on beauty standards and the reasons why people seek to change their bodies. When David arrives in India, he meets others looking to get the procedure: an South Asian woman living in the UK, a Jamaican woman, and two men. We learn a little bit about each, but David is the POV character.
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