User reviews

I've not seen this short in many years, but it has always stayed with me. It's uncomfortable, but poignant. At that time, I knew Ewen's work, but SKIN ranked him as one of the best for me. So happy to see his career matches his talents.

I would love to see a full 2 hour film from this short. Everything about this short is classic, human and tragic and yet goes to a place beyond comprehension. The writer and direction is spot on... LOVED and highly recommend watching if you can get your hands on it...

I just watched it again. It's a whopper and for a short to have such impact and power; still... mesmerizing.

I saw Sarah Kane walk out of an Amsterdam Theatre and in my opinion anger fuelled her work. And rightly so. ' Blasted ' exploded on the stage showing the horrors of war both in our personal lives as well as in the world itself. This short film in short, sharp scenes captures her vision of life, and being film it encapsulates a lot of extremist behaviour that so outraged certain critics, What appealed most to me was the drab setting of humiliation between the black and white woman. She gives him dog food to eat. Etches her name bloodily in his back. This is not ' real ' life as most of us know it, and in my opinion should not be seen as such. It shows Skinhead war against the blacks, and then an attempt of sexuality between the two. Both direction and acting excellent, but it is pure Sarah Kane and her imaginative vision of the brutality of the world around her. Essential viewing and it is on YouTube.