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Dead Ringers (1988)

Film
DirectorDavid Cronenberg
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Figures

Form & technique
  • The final "separation" surgery scene where Beverly kills Elliot, and then himself
  • Howard Shore's musical score, especially the main theme
Tropes
  • Claire Niveau's body and reproductive organs
  • The twins' physical and psychological disintegration, including drug abuse and self-surgery → The Body without Organs
  • The twins' symbiotic, undifferentiated relationship
  • The specially designed "Gynecological Instruments for Operating on Mutant Women"
  • The "trifurcated cervix" of Claire Niveau → The Abject
  • The Mantle twins' regression from elite surgeons to primitive, drug-addled figures
  • The film's repeated scenes of gynecological surgery and examination
  • The architectural design of the Mantle clinic and operating theater

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