The Big Shave

The Big Shave

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1967-12-29
Duration:6 min
Director:Martin Scorsese
Actors:Peter Bernuth
Production:Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)

Overview:

A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.

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