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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Three people on their hands and knees are seen from below, through green-tinted frosted glass. They kneel in a line, with the heads of the second and third individuals obscured by the buttocks of the person directly in front. The first person in the line has an agonised look upon his face. Black, uppercase text at the top of the image reads "Their flesh is his fantasy." At the bottom of the image, white uppercase text displays the names of the leading actors, the film title and production credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Six
Written byTom Sicks
Produced byTom Six
Ilona Six
StarringDieter Laser
Ashley C. Williams
Ashlynn Yennie
Akihiro Kitamura
CinematographyGoof de Koning
Edited byTom Six
Music byPatrick Savage
Holeg Spies
Production
company
Six Entertainment
Distributed byBounty Films (International)
IFC Films (United States)
Release date
  • 28 April 2010 (2010-04-28)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film Netherlands
LanguagesEnglish
German
Japanese
Budget€1.5 million
Box office$252,207 (approx. €187,000)

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2010 Dutch horror film written and directed by Tom Six. The film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming a "human centipede". It stars Dieter Laser as the villain, Dr. Heiter, with Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, and Akihiro Kitamura as his victims. According to Six, the concept of the film arose from a joke he made with friends about punishing child molesters by stitching their mouths to the anus of a "fat truck driver." Six also stated that inspiration for the film came from Nazi medical experiments carried out during World War II, such as the actions of Josef Mengele at Auschwitz concentration camp.

When approaching investors prior to filming, Six did not mention the mouth-to-anus aspect of the plot, fearing it would put off potential backers. The financiers of The Human Centipede did not discover the full nature of the film until it was complete. The film received mixed reviews from mainstream film critics, but it won several accolades at international film festivals. The film was released in the United States on video on demand on 28 April 2010, and as a limited release theatrically on 30 April. Six began working on a sequel, The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), which is scheduled to be released in 2011, but has been refused a classification for distribution in the United Kingdom.

Plot

Lindsay (Ashley C. Williams) and Jenny (Ashlynn Yennie), two American tourists in Germany, are drugged and kidnapped by crazed surgeon Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser) when they seek help after their car breaks down. The women awake in a makeshift medical ward. They witness Heiter kill a kidnapped truck driver (Rene de Wit) after Heiter informs him he is "not a match". When the women wake up a second time, Heiter has secured a new male captive, Japanese tourist Katsuro (Akihiro Kitamura). The doctor explains that he is a world-renowned expert at separating conjoined twins, but dreams of making new creatures by sewing people together. He describes in detail how he will surgically connect his three victims mouth-to-anus, so that they share a single digestive system. After Lindsay fails in an attempt to escape, Heiter explains to Lindsay that he had previously experimented with creating what he called a "three-dog", also joined mouth-to-anus. The three-dog however died shortly after surgery. Heiter tells Lindsay that the middle dog of his creation experienced the most pain, and as a punishment for her escape attempt she will become the middle part of his centipede. Heiter performs the surgery on his victims, placing Katsuro at the front, Lindsay in the middle and Jenny at the rear.

Once the operation is complete Heiter attempts to train his centipede as a pet. During one such session, he watches with great delight as Lindsay is forced to swallow Katsuro's excrement. However, he eventually becomes irritated after being kept awake by the constant screaming of his victims and the realisation that Jenny is dying from blood poisoning. When two detectives, Kranz (Andreas Leupold) and Voller (Peter Blankenstein), visit the house to investigate the disappearance of tourists, Heiter decides to add them to his centipede as replacements for Jenny. Heiter fails in an attempt to drug the detectives, and they leave the house to obtain a search warrant. The victims attempt to escape from the ward, crawling up the stairs, and Katsuro attacks Heiter. Their attempt to escape ultimately fails. Katsuro confesses to the doctor, in Japanese, that he deserves his fate because he had treated his family poorly. Katsuro then commits suicide by slitting his own throat with a piece of glass. The detectives return to the house and conduct separate searches, as Heiter hides near his swimming pool. Kranz finds the makeshift ward and then hears a gunshot. He discovers Heiter's victims before finding Voller dead in the swimming pool. Heiter shoots Kranz in the stomach, and Kranz responds by shooting Heiter in the head. Kranz then falls in the pool, dead. Back in the house, Jenny and Lindsay hold hands as Jenny dies from her infection. Lindsay is left alone in the house, trapped between her deceased fellow captives.

Cast

The heads and upper bodies of three people side by side, posing for the camera smiling. At the left, and centre are two white women in their mid-twenties, both with long dark-brown hair. The woman on the left is wearing black and green clothing, and the woman in the centre is wearing pink. At the right is a Japanese man in his early-thirties, with dark centre-parted hair. He is wearing a pink open-collar shirt, and a black suit-jacket.
Stars Ashlynn Yennie, Ashley C. Williams, and Akihiro Kitamura at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, 1 October 2010
  • Dieter Laser as Dr. Josef Heiter, a retired surgeon[1] who specialised in the separation of conjoined twins, but in retirement is more interested in joining creatures together. Casting for the role of Heiter took place in Berlin, and Six intended to cast Laser before he had even read for the part, after Six saw a DVD of one of Laser's previous films.[2] Laser had previously appeared in over 60 mostly German language films,[3] including Der Unhold and Baltic Storm.[4] Upon meeting him in Berlin, Six gave Laser a shot by shot explanation of Heiter's scenes, and Laser, impressed by Six's dedication and passion agreed to take part in the film.[5] Laser contributed considerably to the development of Heiter's character. For example, because Heiter views the "centipede" as his pet, Laser felt that it was important that Heiter appeared naked during a scene in which he swam in full view of his victims, because Laser said "you aren't ashamed to be naked"[6] around a pet.
  • Ashley C. Williams as Lindsay, an American tourist and the central section of the centipede. Auditioning for the roles of Jenny and Lindsay took place in New York City.[7] Six said during the auditioning process, many actresses walked out of readings in disgust after hearing the full nature of the role.[8] Others thought they would be able to take on the role, but found it was "too much"[9] for them once they got onto their hands and knees behind another actor. Williams expressed concerns about the nudity expected of her in the film, but took the role when she was assured it would be modest and of a non-sexual nature.[7]
  • Ashlynn Yennie as Jenny, the rear section of the centipede. As with Williams, The Human Centipede was Yennie's first major film role.[10] Yennie was one of several actresses to audition for the role, as the producers searched for an actress who would have good on-screen chemistry with Williams.[7] Yennie was able to further develop her relationship with Williams when the pair shared an apartment in the Netherlands during filming.[11] Yennie auditioned to Ilona Six, sister of Tom Six and the film's producer,[4] and did not meet Tom Six, who had viewed tapes of her reading, until fitting for the centipede special effects in the Netherlands.[10] Yennie was drawn to the role by the humanity throughout the story, referring to how the three victims of Heiter are unwillingly forced into their situation. She also said the story was so realistic it scared her.[12]
  • Akihiro Kitamura as Katsuro, a Japanese tourist and front section of the centipede. Having already acted in or written for a number of films and television shows (including popular American television series Heroes),[4] Kitamura was a relatively experienced actor compared to other cast members. He auditioned for the role of Katsuro via Skype from Los Angeles after the casting director saw him on television and recommended him for the role.[13] The rest of the cast did not meet Kitamura until the day before shooting commenced.[7]
  • Rene de Wit as Truck Driver, one of Heiter's victims. De Wit had previously worked with Six in his 2008 film I Love Dries.[14]
  • Andreas Leupold as Detective Kranz, a police officer.
  • Peter Blankenstein as Detective Voller, Kranz's partner.

Production

Writing

The inspiration for The Human Centipede's plot came from a joke that writer/director Tom Six frequently made to friends about punishing child molesters by stitching their mouths to the anus of an overweight truck driver.[5] Six saw this as the concept for a great horror film, and he began to develop the idea.[15] He has said he was heavily influenced as a filmmaker by the early works of David Cronenberg and Japanese horror films.[16] Six has said he prefers horror films that are more realistic over "unbelievable"[9] monster films, and said that he "(gets) a rash from too much political correctness."[17] Major influences for The Human Centipede were Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial 1975 Italian drama film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, which was notable for its scenes depicting intensely graphic violence, sadism, and sexual depravity,[18] as was the work of Japanese director Takashi Miike.[18] Six has also expressed his love of the works of David Lynch.[19] Further inspiration came from Six's previous work as a director on the Dutch series of Big Brother, where he had been able to observe people who "did crazy things when they were alone and thought they were not (being) watched".[20]

Six has stated that The Human Centipede is, to an extent, a reflection on fascism. Dieter Laser, who played the antagonist Dr. Heiter, said during the promotion of the film that he felt the guilt of Nazi actions during the war had haunted ordinary Germans for generations, and that as a German whose father participated in the war, he often felt "like a child whose father is in jail for murder."[21] The inclusion of a German villain came from this, with Six citing both the German invasion of the Netherlands during World War II and the Nazi medical experiments as inspiration.[22] Laser stated in a interview with Clark Collis for Entertainment Weekly that he considered the film a "grotesque [parody] about the Nazi psyche."[5] Heiter's name was an amalgamation of several Nazi war criminals, his surname a combination of the names of Nazi doctors Fetter and Richter, and his first name coming from Josef Mengele, who carried out experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp.[23] World War II also played an influence on the nationality of the other main characters who were American and Japanese.[24] Six includes many horror film clichés in the first act, such as a broken down car, lack of phone signal[25] and very naïve victims.[9] Six did this in an attempt to lull audiences into thinking they are watching a conventional horror film, therefore making Dr. Heiter's treatment of his victims more shocking.[26] Six placed a Japanese male at the front of the centipede for two reasons: first to create a language barrier between the doctor and the centipede. Throughout the film the characters (with the exception of Heiter who for the most part speaks to the centipede in English) speak in their native languages only (subtitled for the viewer into English where necessary). Katsuro, as the front part of the centipede can only speak Japanese and therefore cannot speak with either the doctor or Jenny and Lindsay. Secondly, Katsuro's position in the centipede sets up the opportunity for the doctor and the male victim of the centipede to fight toward the climax of the film.[27] Six stated in the director's commentary for The Human Centipede that he has a personal fear of hospitals and doctors, so he stretched out the scene where Heiter explains how he will create the centipede and the subsequent procedure in order to create his "own nightmare".[28]

While seeking funding for the film, Six pitched the idea of a surgeon who sewed people together.[29] He did not initially reveal that the victims would be joined mouth-to-anus, as he believed this idea would stand no chance of receiving investments.[30] His backers felt that the idea of a surgeon sewing people together was original and Six received funding.[29] However, they did not learn the exact details of the film until it had been completed.[5] Six claimed they were very happy with the finished film.[31] Before signing on, the actors were given an outline of the storyboard rather than a complete script.[7] They were also shown sketches of how the centipede would be formed.[7]

Filming

Although The Human Centipede is set in Germany, filming took place in the Netherlands due to the countries' similar landscapes.[32] Heiter's home, where most of The Human Centipede takes place, was a villa in the Netherlands found by the production team. The property was in a residential area and not surrounded by woodland as it appears in the film, but by other houses. This meant the filmmakers had some difficulty ensuring the other houses did not appear in shot.[33] Some conversion of the property took place prior to filming, for example, a cinema room was converted to form Heiter's basement operating theatre,[34] with real hospital beds and intravenous drips rented from a local hospital.[35] The paintings of conjoined twins that were displayed throughout the house were painted by Tom Six, which he felt contributed to the atmosphere in the house.[36] The hotel room scene near the beginning of the film was filmed in a hotel suite at a location near Amsterdam.[37] The film was shot almost entirely in sequence, which Yennie stated helped the actors to develop their characters throughout the film.[10] The opening scene, which only featured Laser and de Wit, was shot on the last day of filming.[38]

Laser remained in character as Heiter during the filming process, often shouting at the rest of the cast on set,[13] but wherever possible staying away from the other actors and crew between scenes to preserve a level of separation.[39] He only ate food he had brought onto the set himself,[40] eating mostly fruit.[13] He contributed dialogue for his character and selected many of his character's outfits from his personal wardrobe.[41] Six claims the jacket Heiter wore, which was bought by Laser, was a genuine jacket worn by real Nazi doctors.[42] Laser was also happy for the other actors in The Human Centipede to add their own ideas to the film. For example, when Heiter is explaining his procedure to his victims, Katsuro's dialogue was improvised, which pleased Laser.[13] During filming Laser accidentally kicked Kitamuro (Katsuro), leading to a fight on set between the actors. The incident contributed to the tension and anger throughout the scene they were filming, in which Heiter sits at his dining table eating while the centipede eats dog food from the floor alongside him.[43] Laser also hurt Williams during the scene when Heiter roughly grabs and injects Lindsay, which caused a pause in shooting before the filmmakers could continue.[44]

The Nazi influence behind Heiter led to the use of classical music when the doctor is "training" his centipede. The music was deliberately played at low quality to simulate the music coming from a loudspeaker, in much the same way as music was sometimes played in Nazi concentration camps.[45] Many of the sound effects in The Human Centipede were created by manipulating meat. For example, the sound of a nose being broken was made by snapping bones within cuts of raw meat.[46] Due to the discomfort of spending long periods on their hands and knees, the actors playing the centipede were given massages at the end of each day of filming.[47] Yennie stated that she and Williams experienced jaw pain from holding a bit in their mouths during filming, but overall she did not feel that the physical side of filming had been excessively difficult.[48]

Effects

A man and two women lie on a sofa in a living room with soft lighting and an abstract painting of conjoined twins on the wall. They lie in a line on their left side, facing the viewer, with the man at the front and the two women behind him. They wear only their underwear and have bloody bandages on their knees. The man's torso is out of shot beyond the right edge of the image. The first woman behind the man has her face obscured behind the man's buttocks and her hands are on his legs. The second woman lies in an identical pose behind the first woman. Behind the sofa is a man in his sixties with short dark hair, wearing a dark suit and red necktie. He leans over the three, looking at the first woman's head
Dr. Heiter surveys his completed human centipede. The use of bandages in The Human Centipede allowed the filmmakers to imply a more graphic and disturbing idea than is actually shown on screen.[49]

The Human Centipede contains relatively few gory images; little of the surgical procedure is depicted directly,[50] no excrement is shown on screen,[51] and according to Kim Newman in Empire, it is "never quite as outrageous as it threatens to be."[52] Six stated that he wanted the film to be as authentic as possible[53] and claimed to have consulted a Dutch surgeon during the creation and filming process,[5] resulting in the film being "100% medically accurate."[54] Six claims that the surgeon initially wanted nothing to do with his film, as he felt Six was "crazy"[55] and the idea had "nothing to do with medical science."[55] However, the surgeon changed his mind and came up with a method of creating a human centipede.[55] Six has claimed that the central and rear members of the centipede could survive for years by supplementing their diet with an IV drip.[9] The special effects team was led by a father-and-son team, Rob Hillenbrink and son Erik.[7] They designed the final composition of the centipede from sketches provided by the consulting surgeon.[56] The actors that made up the centipede wore hardened underwear, compared by Yennie to shorts,[57] which had a rubber grip for the actors to wear for the actor behind on which to bite, creating the illusion of the mouth-to-anus connection.[13] Six kept how the centipede would be formed a secret until as late as possible, and Yennie claimed even her make-up artist did not know, asking Yennie what kind of "suit" the actors would be wearing.[10]

When Heiter is operating on his victims, Jenny's teeth were digitally removed in post-production.[58] However, other effects were relatively simple to create. Heiter's 'three dog' was created by photoshopping an image of three Rottweilers to create an image of dogs joined together.[59] Colour grading was used extensively throughout the production of The Human Centipede. For example, at the end of the film when Lindsay is left between the dead bodies of Jenny and Katsuro, their skin tones were lightened to further emphasise that they were dead and Lindsay was still alive.[60]

The rain when Jenny and Lindsay's car breaks down was added digitally in post-production.[61] The film makers had not been granted permission to film at the roadside location, but went ahead against the authorities' wishes as Tom Six felt the location in the woods was ideal for the scene.[62] When Heiter's window is repaired after Lindsay's escape attempt, the use of a tracking shot through the window pane required the reflection of the crew to be digitally removed from the glass.[63] The film contains a large number of long tracking shots,[64] Six has cited the influence of Takashi Miike who also uses many tracking shots in his films.[18]

Promotion and release

Promotion

During promotion for The Human Centipede, press materials claimed the film was "100% medically accurate."[54] Six and the producers frequently stated that the film had been described as "the most horrific film ever made",[65] and many writers, such as Karina Longworth of LA Weekly magazine[51] and Jay Stone of the Calgary Herald[66] described the film as torture porn. Roger Ebert, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times stated he felt the film had been "deliberately intended to inspire incredulity, nausea and hopefully outrage."[17] However, writing in The Guardian, David Cox noted that he had been unable to trace the source of this quote as the "most horrific ever made" and had contacted Six to attempt to ascertain the origin of this judgement.[65] Six claimed the statement had originally been made by The Sun newspaper in the United Kingdom. However, Cox was unable to trace any article making this claim. When asked by Cox as to what Six regarded as the "most horrific" film, Six stated he in fact believed it to be Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.[65]

Theatrical

The Human Centipede was released in the United States with no Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating.[17] It was released on video on demand on 28 April 2010;[67] theatrically in New York City on 30 April 2010 and had a limited release in the US shortly afterward, distributed by IFC Films.[68] During 2009 the film was included in several film festivals around the world, with its world premier at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.[69] Others festival screenings including the London FrightFest Film Festival,[70] Leeds International Film Festival,[71] Sitges Film Festival,[72] and Screamfest Horror Film Festival.[73] Six remarked on how many film festival audiences reacted strongly to the film, sometimes almost vomiting in the cinema aisles. To Six's amusement, Spanish audiences often found the film funny, and laughed throughout screenings.[74] Six claimed that the "buzz"[75] surrounding the film led to several studios approaching him to discuss its distribution.[75] Ilona Six held negotiations with Jeff Deutchman and Arianna Bocco of IFC Films, and a deal was agreed for IFC Films to distribute the film in the United States.[69] IFC Films has a history of releasing unconventional horror films, having previously distributed the Norwegian Nazi-zombie feature Dead Snow and the 2009 release Antichrist.[69] The Human Centipede's US gross was $181,467, and worldwide takings amounted to $252,207.[76] The budget for the film was €1,500,000 (approximately $2,100,000).[77]

The film was passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and released with an 18-rated certificate,[65] receiving a limited release in the UK on 20 August 2010.[78] It was distributed by Bounty Films.[65]

Home media

The Human Centipede was released in the United Kingdom on DVD and Blu-ray 4 October 2010[79] and in the US the following day,[80] where, as of August 2011, DVD sales have totalled $2,043,580.[81]

Reception

Critical

The Human Centipede generally received mixed reviews.[82] Review aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 50% 'Rotten' rating, based upon 90 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2 out of 10.[83] Among Rotten Tomatoes "Top Critics", which only considers the views of mainstream film critics, the film received a slightly lower rating of 44%. With an average rating of 4.5 from 9 reviews.[83] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 33% based on 15 reviews.[84]

Giving the film three stars out of five, Empire writer Kim Newman stated that "underneath an extremely repulsive concept, this is a relatively conventional horror movie."[52] Variety Magazine writer Peter DeBurge criticised the film's lack of any form of social commentary, stating that it could not "be bothered to expand upon its unpleasant premise, inviting audiences to revel in its sick humor by favoring Dr. Heiter ... and characterizing the victims as shallow expendables."[85] Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Clark Collis was broadly positive about Dieter Laser's performance as the Doctor, and praised Six's direction, saying Six "has put together his nightmare yarn with Cronenbergian care and precision."[86] Collis said The Human Centipede was "without question one of the most disgusting horror films ever made."[86] Writing in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw gave the film three out of five, saying that whilst "entirely deplorable and revolting" the film was "sort of brilliant".[1]

Sukhdev Sandhu in The Daily Telegraph was generally negative about the film, stating, "The Human Centipede has its moments, but they’re largely obscured by umpteen holes in the plot as well as by reams of exposition"[87] and that it was "an ultimately underwhelming affair that’s neither sick or repellent enough to garner the cult status it so craves."[87] Total Film writer Jamie Graham described the film as a disappointment that "proved itself to be a slow-moving, repetitive affair that has nowhere left to go by the hour mark."[70] The New York Times review by Jeannette Catsouli noted that it was unsure if the film was "a commentary on Nazi atrocities or a literal expression of filmmaking politics, [but] the grotesque fusion at least silences the female leads, both of whose voices could strip paint."[88] Writing in the Chicago Sun Times, Roger Ebert did not assign the film a star rating (as opposed to awarding it zero stars), stating, "I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."[17]

Critics and a physician have dismissed Six's claim that the film was "100 percent medically accurate" as "ludicrous"[53] and "rubbish."[89] Dr John Cameron, speaking to TV3 News in New Zealand gave an interview about the feasibility of a human centipede, stating how he believed it would be difficult for a join between different people to heal and form a connection, and how the centipede would quickly die from lack of nutrition.[90] John Martin, a former Hollywood film executive and CEO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas said Six's claims of 100 percent medical accuracy should be viewed with reference to the kind of shock gimmicks that film producers had long used to attract attention. Martin compared Six's claims to those of H. Kroger Babb and William Castle who had also made "grand promises" about what they were putting on screen in a bid to lure audiences.[53]

Accolades

Despite mixed reviews, the film won several awards in 2009 during advance screenings at various international horror film festivals, including Best Picture/Movie at Fantastic Fest (Austin, Texas), Screamfest Horror Film Festival (Los Angeles), and the Sainte Maxime International Horror Film Festival.[4] Laser won Best Actor in the horror category at Fantastic Fest and the film won the award for Best Ensemble Cast at the South African Horrorfest Film Festival.[4]

Sequel

Main article: The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

While promoting The Human Centipede, Six stated that he had started work on a sequel to First Sequence, titled The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). Shooting on a similar budget to the first film,[91] Six stated the sequel would be a much more graphic and disturbing film; First Sequence being "My Little Pony compared with part two."[92] Yennie stated at the May 2010 Weekend of Horrors that the sequel would contain "the blood and (excrement)"[93] that viewers did not see in the first film.[93] Having commenced filming in London in June 2010,[94] the plot of Full Sequence involved a centipede made from twelve people, featured a largely British cast and was given the tag-line "100% medically inaccurate."[95]

The plot of Full Sequence involves a man who after becoming sexually obsessed with a DVD recording of First Sequence decides to create his own human centipede. The film had been planned for a DVD release in the United Kingdom. However, upon submitting the film to the BBFC for classification, the film was rejected due to content that was "sexually violent and potentially obscene."[96] The BBFC's report criticised the film as making "little attempt to portray any of the victims in the film as anything other than objects to be brutalised, degraded and mutilated for the amusement and arousal of the central character, as well as for the pleasure of the audience"[97] and that the film was potentially in breach of the Obscene Publications Act, meaning its distribution in the UK would be illegal.[97]

Parodies

A number of parodies of the film have been made. A pornographic parody, directed by Lee Roy Myers and titled The Human Sexipede, was released in September 2010.[98] It starred Tom Byron as Heiter, who joined three people mouth-to-genitals.[99] The parody was fully approved of by Tom Six, who saw it as a mark of success, and he made frequent mentions of the film in interviews.[98] The South Park episode "HUMANCENTiPAD" saw character Kyle Broflovski unwittingly agreeing to become a part of a human centipede after failing to read the full details of an Apple user license agreement.[100] The web site FunnyOrDie featured a sketch where the freed victims of a human centipede, now separated, but scarred physically and mentally, argue at a survivors' meeting.[101]

References

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  3. ^ Jason Solomons (19 Aug 2010). Film Weekly hooks up with The Human Centipede and experiences Pianomania. The Guardian. The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Event occurs at 7:15–7:20. Retrieved 8 Sep 2010. {{cite AV media}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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