Je--e - Barbie -dir. By John Buchanan- Info

There is a moment exactly 47 minutes into John Buchanan’s controversial new film Jeune / Barbie where the title character—played with vacant terror by newcomer Mia Harlow—stares into a funhouse mirror at a Malibu beach party. She doesn’t see her iconic ponytail or her arched feet. She sees a void shaped like a woman.

It’s brutal. It is also brilliant. Jeune / Barbie is not a movie for children. It is not a movie for people who want to feel good about their nostalgia. It is a movie for those of us who grew up brushing synthetic hair and wondered, Who is brushing ours? Je--e - Barbie -Dir. by John Buchanan-

Have you seen Jeune / Barbie ? Did you walk out during the "Molded Men" ballet sequence? Let me know in the comments below. There is a moment exactly 47 minutes into

[Your Name], Cinematic Surrealism Weekly It’s brutal

The crack is the film’s central metaphor. Through it, we see the pink foam interior of her construction. We see the wires. We see the suffocation.

In one stunning sequence, Unit 01 removes her own arm to test if the joint contains bone marrow. It does not. She finds a small, stamped barcode: ©1965 Malaysia .

John Buchanan has done the impossible: he has made the plastic cry. And you will feel guilty for watching.