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10th(2008)



Diary of a Pair of Hairy Legs

HSU Jia-yu

  • Taiwan
  • 2007
  • 29min
  • Beta
  • color/black and white
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SYNOPSIS


22-year-old Hsu Chia-chia is going through agony because her legs are too hairy. 80 percent of men look at a girl¡¯s legs first whenever they are interested in a girl so she is very concerned. She decides to shave her legs like other girls and rejects the idea of ¡®natural beauty¡¯ and furthermore becomes addicted to plastic surgery. This film shows that one¡¯s natural appearance can become skewed to seem artificial or abnormal after becoming addicted to cosmetic surgery and that the appearancecentered society can go so far as to foster widespread dissatisfaction with ¡®natural¡¯ appearance such that the the ranks of plastic surgery addicts grows, despite the painfulness of the procedures. combining freely animation, musical, and documentary, this film presents predicament of women in the culture of lookism. (KIM Sunah)
 

PROGRAM NOTE


22-year-old Hsu Chia-chia is going through agony because her legs are too hairy. 80 percent of men look at a girl¡¯s legs first whenever they are interested in a girl so she is very concerned. She decides to shave her legs like other girls and rejects the idea of ¡®natural beauty¡¯ and furthermore becomes addicted to plastic surgery. This film shows that one¡¯s natural appearance can become skewed to seem artificial or abnormal after becoming addicted to cosmetic surgery and that the appearancecentered society can go so far as to foster widespread dissatisfaction with ¡®natural¡¯ appearance such that the the ranks of plastic surgery addicts grows, despite the painfulness of the procedures. combining freely animation, musical, and documentary, this film presents predicament of women in the culture of lookism. (KIM Sunah)
 

Director

  • HSU Jia-yuHSU Jia-yu

    Hsu Jia-yu attended the University of Science and Technology of Kunshan, and currently works in video-information spreads.

Credit

  • ProducerKUO Tsung-ying
  • Cast HSU Jia-yu, Jia Jia,
  • Screenwriter HSU Shih-chiang
  • Cinematography JHENG Jhih-ren
  • Art director LEE Yong-li
  • Editor JHENG Jhih-ren
  • Music CHIANG Tao
  • Sound LAI Ting-ching