Paris, 1946, the weather is atrocious, cold and snowy. Drioli, A man on the streets down on his luck spots a painting by his friend, the famous artist Souttine, who thirty years previously had tattooed a painting on Drioli's body. The Tattoo is now priceless, and suddenly somehow ends up in the display of the Art Gallery.
I love the performance of Sir Derek Jacobi, he is wonderfully sincere, so soft and trusting. It's a visually very appealing episode, filmed in a very slick manner, it looks decidedly grey and gloomy seems to fit the story somehow.
It's a good story, imaginative, and well delivered, my only real annoyance with it, would have to be the dismissive, abrupt twist right at the end, I can see what they tried to do, but I think it could have perhaps been delivered a little differently.
That apart, Skin is a goody, the basic story could easily be made into a film. 7/10
I love the performance of Sir Derek Jacobi, he is wonderfully sincere, so soft and trusting. It's a visually very appealing episode, filmed in a very slick manner, it looks decidedly grey and gloomy seems to fit the story somehow.
It's a good story, imaginative, and well delivered, my only real annoyance with it, would have to be the dismissive, abrupt twist right at the end, I can see what they tried to do, but I think it could have perhaps been delivered a little differently.
That apart, Skin is a goody, the basic story could easily be made into a film. 7/10