I just watched Body Hammer, (I've yet to see Iron Man for better or worse). It seemed to draw really heavily from H.R. Giger's art. The combination of machine and organic is a huge theme with Giger and even the designs of the body guns were similar to a lot of the work Giger's done. What do you guys think?
shareMy friend is an architect and she really loves Giger's work. I've seen a couple of his books- the majority of which had a pseudo-sexual vibe - and I totally get what you mean. I'm not saying that tetsuo is in any way sexual but... then again... gun... penis? Probably not. Nice connection though, man.
sharewow, someone actually replied, didn't think that was gonna happen.
anyways, yeah I guess the sexual undertones are sort of played down in Tetsuo 2, granted the gun penis metaphor is a favorite among film makers, and also lets not forget a room full of strangely naked and shaved dudes pumping iron. I mean, I'm not suggesting there was anything homosexual about it, but it was at least an expression of sexuality in the terms of what it means to be a masculine male. Also in the first movie the whole penetration thing at the end, well somethings defiantly rotten in Denmark there. Anyways, yeah Giger is cool, but I can only look at his stuff for so long before I want to to a shower and scrub my skin like a chick in a lifetime movie. But the whole seamless synthesis of a techno-sexual machine being is really played up with both Tetsuo and Giger.
You should see the first Tetsuo. WAAAAY more sexual stuff in that. Homosexuality is an obvious subtext in the film. The design stuff in Tetsuo 1, however, bares less of a resemblance to Giger's art than Tetsuo 2. It's more about industrial junk and malformation - Giger's biomechanical stuff is... More sleek. But yeah, the connection is still there. I'd say there is a definite influence, though Tetsuo's look is still pretty unique.
share[deleted]