PART 3:
34 x 25 x 36
34 x 25 x 36 takes us into the inner workings of the Patina V Mannequin Factory
in the City of Industry, Calif., where the artistry, craft and marketing that go into
creating “the ideal woman of the moment” — in plastic — are accompanied by a remarkable
amount of reflection on just what that ideal means (one thing it means is a 34” x 25” x
36” figure).
Patina V is a place where the owner will tell women (and then run for cover), “There are
no perfect bodies out there. We make the perfect body.” And the chief designer harkens
back to the roots of his craft not only in French 19th-century wax figures but also in
the religious icons of medieval times.
-- PBS
FILMS BY JESSE EPSTEIN
