I believe the film was truly groundbreaking. It’s a very mature, qualitative, and insightful look into various types of beauty. Beauty is so qualitative. Perhaps there can be a mathematical formula related to it, but I have yet to hear of this. Beauty is not base on the color one’s skin, but on the quality of the tone. Beauty is not measured by the definition of eye color, such as blue, but by the depth, dimension, and glow that comes from the source of beauty. I truly believe beauty is composed of symmetry, balance, and the quality of each person’s various physical attributes, and how those attributes relate to each other. Essentially it is more balance than symmetry.
What was intriguing is how differently the beautiful women’s lives were affected by their beauty. There were various stories involved that some could argue did not settle the beauty dilemma, immediately, but I think the conversational style of the film was mature. Beauty is not understood by items being layed out on a spreadsheet. It involves discussion, psychology, analysis, and above all, communication in order to understand it. Liza does a great job of putting into a unique perspective, a topic that is little understood, but well known.
With all the shows on Beauty (America's Next Top Model, etc), there has to be at least ONE documentary on the topic. Kudos for that right off the top.
I found the interviews to be very revealing. Evonne was of particular interest . . due to her job (Exotic Dancing). I found myself wanting to know more about how she felt about her future in that career. When the shy Girl immediately left upon finding out it was a Documentary on Beauty, I thought, "come on - go with the flow !!". That was maddening.
One of the best personalities was the middle-aged blond - very solid within her own beauty. She recognized it and left it at that.
I would have liked to have seen a couple of the tradiional "Ice Queen" examples (*girls that know they are hot - and won't talk to any guy unless he is buffed and has a fast car and $$$ job to match !!! There are sooooooo........ many of them out there. You could have easily found them IMO.
Hi Ken99. Thank you for your review. Actually, I did interview what you might consider "Ice Queens" (the ones who only date buff guys with money and fast cars). They're are right there in the film if you look twice. The thing is that it takes a lot of self awareness for one to recognize, much less openly admit to, such behavior. This documentary is from the point of view of the beautiful women, so it is definitely one sided. If I do a sequel, I will ask these women more about their own behavior (mean girl bullying, guy snubbing etc.) to see if they recognize that in themselves. I must admit that I forgot to pursue those types of questions.
Liza, thank you so much for this film. I haven't seen it, but from the trailer and the comments it sound great. It is a very difficult subject for those of us who deal with this issue every day of our lives and have no support or understanding from just about anybody. It really is more difficult for those of us who hate our looks and how it ruins our lives. I am not surprised that it's difficult to find woman who are willing to discuss it in the open. I personaly would never get in front of a camera for anything. I would not want to be judged even more that I am vain. I get told that often enough, eventhough I am a very simple down to earth woman. I however, would have no problem discussing it with a researcher as long as my face and true name would be disguised.
