Tattoos
Director Marc-Aurèle Vecchione
Countries France
Duration 55 min
Synopsis
The mark of outcasts. An outward sign long favored by convicts and sailors. Spread through underground culture, by hard rockers, punks and even the hippie movement. Until recently, tattoos signaled the wearer belonged to a group that bucked the establishment. But now that everyone seems to be sporting tattoos, do they still wield the same subversive, rebellious power? What does it mean when tattoo wearing shifts from the edge to the masses, from the underground to the mainstream? Why do people of every class and stripe now want to permanently mark their bodies? In short, how have tattoos come to exert such a powerful hold on us, becoming ingrained in our bodies and society?
The mark of outcasts. An outward sign long favored by convicts and sailors. Spread through underground culture, by hard rockers, punks and even the hippie movement. Until recently, tattoos signaled the wearer belonged to a group that bucked the establishment. But now that everyone seems to be sporting tattoos, do they still wield the same subversive, rebellious power? What does it mean when tattoo wearing shifts from the edge to the masses, from the underground to the mainstream? Why do people of every class and stripe now want to permanently mark their bodies? In short, how have tattoos come to exert such a powerful hold on us, becoming ingrained in our bodies and society?