Face Value: Perceptions of Beauty
(DVD or VHS)
©1995 Films Media Group, 26 minutes
#FMG-BVL5396, Price $89
What determines our perception of beauty? Do different types of beauty
transcend time and fashion or is today’s great beauty tomorrow’s "plain
Jane"? Psychologist David Perrett believes that our perceptions of
attractiveness may be universal and biological and that certain features of the
face may have an instinctive appeal which pleases through time and across
culture—large eyes, high cheekbones, a smooth skin texture, a narrow jaw. This
program puts these theories to the test by applying his computer analysis to the
faces of contestants in a recent beauty contest to see if it is possible to
predict the winners.
The faces of some of today’s beautiful people, like super-model Claudia
Schiffer, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Tom Cruise, among others, are also examined.
The program talks to experts who support Perrett’s theories as well as to
those who strongly disagree, maintaining that beauty is firmly rooted in time
and fashion.
International customers: Sorry, we have U.S. and Canada distribution rights only
on this title.
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