This is the trailer for Armless, which premieres at Sundance. And yes, it looks like a quirky indie dramedy about wanting to cut your own arms off.
Armless tells the story of a man who suffers from Body Integrity Identity Disorder. When he leaves his wife and goes to find a doctor willing to amputate his arms, it triggers a twisted romp filled with mistaken identities, missed chances, and tragic consequences. Armless utilizes the structure of a classic farce, combining it with a darkly philosophical tone. It also explores the ways in which a culture with so much wealth can come to fetishize suffering. But at its heart, Armless is a fable about acceptance-a meditation on trust, love and marriage. [Twitch via CHUD]
I think they missed out on a golden opportunity by not calling this one “Headbutting Helena,” but I digress. It’s really not so far-fetched that some cerebral, private school pussy would dream about cutting his own arms off. That way no one could hassle him about not being able to work or play sports.
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Finally, a pretentious dark comedy about people with whom I can’t empathize!
There’s a reason it’s hard to find acceptance for being a guy who wants to cut his own arms off or a guy who wants to fuck people dressed like squirrels. It’s fucking dumb, that’s why.
“And THAT’S why you ALWAYS. LEAVE. A. NOTE.”
I found a doctor willing to unnecessarily amputate body parts, but his prices were ridiculous. Do you know how much an arm and a leg costs?
As a double amputee who’s dictating to a parrot right now, I’m offended at your snarkiness.
Do you have any idea how embarrassing it was teaching him how to type “rape van?”
I’ll see it if he gets half the job done early, goes on to kill Harrison Ford’s wife, then gets the job completed.
This is a horrible way to cope with people laughing at your inability to do a single pull-up.
This guy’s going to be the laughingstock of any Naughty by Nature concert he goes to.
If this was a more widely accepted practice, I’d be looking forward to Kill Bill 3 right now. But noooooo, you had to laugh, and point and make him keep his arms.
This is like the complete opposite of auto erotic asphyxiation.
This is the emo version of the Aron Ralston story.
COP: Horatio, we can’t find his arms.
HORATIO: Put an APB out for the suspect…(puts on sunglasses)…he’s armed and dangerous.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Cutting the first arm off is easy. It’s the second one that’s tricky.
“Armless tells the story of a man who suffers from Body Integrity Identity Disorder”
You know…for short.
I couldn’t hang with an armless dude.
dismissive tapping motion
Alternate title: Penis de Milo
He’s going to save a fortune on deodorant.
If someone asked me to raise my hand if I wanted to see this movie I’d want to cut my arms off too just so I could be as definitive as possible.
There go his chances of becoming a comedian. He doesn’t have a funny bone in his body.
Has he considered how hard it is to jerk off using your feet? Trust me. Not easy.
I see this as a parable for the consequences of Obama administration weakness in nuclear weapons negotiations.
Protip : Multicrop Thresher (Double Shaft/Cylinder Type).
Isn’t a “quirky Indie dramedy” Kingdom of The Crystal Skull?
This movie was way better when it wasn’t a comedy and the person was unmilling and it was called “Audition”.
Unmilling is Pimpish for unwilling, btw.
The Black Knight from Monty Python doesn’t see what the big deal is.
I also suffer from Body Integrity Identity Disorder. I cut my arms off because I felt they made my butt look big.
It was pretty common for dinosaurs to do this as well. They just unearthed 7 Triceplesstops in Indochina.
*barrel rolls to corner, giggles uncontrollably*
Is it just his arms or arms in general that the guy doesn’t identify with? Because they could go with the arm transplant idea with the character’s new arms having previously belonged to a recently dead wacky Nazi with our hero unable to control his new arms giving the Nazi salute (a la Dr. Strangelove).
He shouldn’t have left his wife, he will need someone to lend him a hand from time to time.
I also suffer from Body Integrity Identity Disorder. I cut off my own arms as a preventive measure because I couldn’t identify with my own penis.
To ATidyLittleSum: YOU STOLE MY LINE! WHAT WILL I SAY NOW?
*stuffs arms inside shirt and rolls down stairs*