Blu-ray Review – A Body to Live In

When he was a teenager in South Dakota, Roland Loomis discovered something about himself. He turned to photography to help understand a fascination with bondage, and as he matured, the focus turned to body modification, taking him into physical and spiritual realms unlike anything he experienced before. “A Body to Live In” is a documentary about Loomis’s transformation into Fakir Musafar, and his position as one of the founders of the “modern primitive” movement, building a subculture to follow and sometimes lead as he went on a personal voyage to better understand his consciousness, often through dimensions of pain. Director Angelo Madsen attempts to treat the subject with complete respect, offering viewers a journey into body play and the creation of community, with Loomis/Musafar developing confidence and control over decades of experience. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com