Tattoo is a 1981 film starring Bruce Dern and Maud Adams. Karl Kinsky (Dern) is a mentally ill tattoo artist who is hired to create temporary tattoos for some models. He becomes obsessed with one of them, Maddy (Adams), and kidnaps her in order to force her to wear "his mark". He keeps her captive as he creates his masterpiece on her body. Throughout the ensuing captivity, Maddy tries several times to escape, but her attempts are continually thwarted by Kinsky.
Tattoo is a 2002 German film directed by Robert Schwentke.
The tattoos in the "tattoo exhibition room" were produced on actual goat skin.
The character of Schrader is named for writer-director Paul Schrader, who the director of this film admires.
A young girl in the city who doesn't seem to like men so much, can't find herself to sleep. Being awake all night she watches the neigbour boy at the other side. Her girlfriend doesn't really understand her problem. She feels lonely. She later on finds the courage to deal with her problem. Written by Jan Dirksen
Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes dangerously obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he's hired to paint temporary tattoos on a group of women for a photo shoot. As his obsession grows, Kinsky becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" ... forever. Written by Eugene Kim
