{"id":54,"date":"2006-03-08T15:52:08","date_gmt":"2006-03-08T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=54"},"modified":"2021-01-12T20:39:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T03:39:13","slug":"tattoo-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Tattoo (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A tattoo isn&#8217;t something you put on or take off just like sunglasses; it&#8217;s a very important decision.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Poster-1-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Poster-1-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Poster-1-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Poster-1.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA deranged tattoo artist (Bruce Dern) becomes obsessed with a model (Maud Adams), eventually kidnapping her and tattooing her entire body.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres:  <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Dern Films<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Models<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<li>Psychopaths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPeary refers to this notorious psycho-flick (written by Joyce Bunuel) as &#8220;sick&#8221; and &#8220;repulsive&#8221;, but I find it to be a reasonably compelling psychological thriller, thanks to the perverse lead performance by Dern (who&#8217;s perfectly cast). Adams is <em>just <\/em>annoying enough that you tend to (guiltily) root for the disturbed Dern instead &#8212; though naturally (and fortunately), he &#8220;gets his&#8221; in the end. The tattoo work throughout is stunning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Dern as the love-torn psychotic<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern-1536x886.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Dern.png 1653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stunning tattoo work<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo-1536x883.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Tattoo-Tattoo.png 1675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth watching for Dern&#8217;s performance.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0083178\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/10\/10\/movies\/bruce-dern-stars-in-tattoo.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A tattoo isn&#8217;t something you put on or take off just like sunglasses; it&#8217;s a very important decision.&#8221; Synopsis: A deranged tattoo artist (Bruce Dern) becomes obsessed with a model (Maud Adams), eventually kidnapping her and tattooing her entire body. Genres: Bruce Dern Films Kidnapping Models Obsessive Love Psychopaths Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary refers to this notorious psycho-flick (written by Joyce Bunuel) as &#8220;sick&#8221; and &#8220;repulsive&#8221;, but I find it to be a reasonably compelling psychological thriller, thanks to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=54\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63112,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/63112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}