But thats not what Sixs trilogyending this year withThe Human Centipede (Final Sequence)is actually about.
But it would be an oversimplification to just lump the movies into the appropriate torture-porn subgenre.
In truth, theHuman Centipedemovies are involved commentaries on miscommunication.
This is most apparent in the gut-wrenching ride that started it all.
Instead, he sees the perfect two-thirds of his desired human centipede.
the way you would a disobedient pet.
This, obviously, does not go as intended.
No matter, because Heiter has a new pet in the prized human centipede.
What, asks the magazine, is Heiter going for with this choice?
Is it a condemnation of English, even to Heiter and his agendas own detriment?
If nothing else, it unifies everyone: centipede segments, audiences, fans.
Ironically, its when Heiter is absent that the centipede best learns to work as one creature.
Of course, its not to be.
Then Katsuro cuts his own throat with a shard of glass.
And it was just morbidly fascinating enough to encourage Tom Six to go ahead with his intended sequel.
But in topping himself, Six didnt try for another horror tale set in the same world.
Instead, he went completely meta.
Thats right: the original film inserts itself like a Mary Sue, occupying the center of Martins obsession.
The most interesting part is, Martin does all this without speaking at all.
But when actor Laurence R. Harvey auditioned, he (in his words) forgot to speak.
The next time the two met, Six had nixed all of Martins lines.
He doesnt talk a lot in his daily life, Yennie pointed out.
So it fit him better to portray everything through his actions and his face.
Martin capitalizes on this relative invisibility in luring his test subjects, most ingeniously Yennies movie version of herself.
When she arrives, hes her silent, unassuming driver.
I dont think I need to describe any further his twisted intent.
Of course, with Martin being nonverbal, it only magnifies his frustration with his disobedient pet.
Upset by Yennies screams, he tears out her tongue with pliers, totally silencing her.
Yet, he still comes out on top.
Was it a dream, or is he partway through the process?
The follow-ups dont share the originals high-minded ideal of 100 percent medically accurate for even the most shocking procedure.
Or perhaps a better analogy is copies of copies, with the template eventually blurring into something indistinct.
Laser was the best part of(First Sequence), gnashing his teeth and marching around as Heiter.
But here, there is absolutely no connection between the characters, aside from them both being German.
For Heiter, submission is a benefit of having a broken-in pet.
Heiter dresses like he lives: austere, cool, only the elements that are completely necessary.
All of Heiters decisionsevery silly hand-drawn diagram and ass incisionwere carefully developed and weighed.
Instead, he growls, I demand some fucking good news.
Youre in perfect health, the doctor stammers, and thats that.
Theres one prisoner who has to serve only a short punishment before being released.
His speech is in Arabic and is untranslated, but it doesnt need to be.
Boss knows exactly what he is saying.
So, theHuman Centipedemovies come full circle from fatal miscommunications to achieving a higher plane of communication.
