Vital Signs (1991)

Vital Signs

1991

Documentary

Synopsis

In “Vital Signs” (1991), Barbara Hammer demonstratively transforms the horror of death into its opposite. She tenderly cares for a human skeleton, feeding it, dressing and caressing it, taking it for walks in the dark cabaret of an intimate relationship beyond death. She confronts pain and fear rather than repressing them.

Credits

Director

Barbara Hammer

Crew

Linda Klein (Medical Consultant)