DIE FLUGBEGLEITERIN (THE STEWARDESS)
Marcin Glowacki, dir; Germany; 15"
Reviewed at the 2007 Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival
I can't think of a better tribute to the shock value of this film then the sound of a harden horror fan groaning the word "disgusting" during a recent screening. This flick is part SUPERSIZE ME, part FAST FOOD NATION, with a great gross out ending. When a plumper of a stewardess is canned, she enrolls in a drastic weight reduction plan in order to achieve an ideal body shape. That doesn't sound so bad- I'm sure we've all fretted over our body at one point or another. The director Marcin turns our anxiety into pointed satire, and what becomes of the stewardess' gooey lard is the film's dirty little joke. You are, after all, what you eat.
