In 1997 John Woo’s FACE/OFF introduced a wild idea: a cop swaps faces with a killer in order to stop another crime. Nearly thirty years later, Woo’s gonzo action thriller doesn’t seem all that far-fetched (well, outside of some of the performances).
Following the Science on Screen presentation on 3/27, Michelle Rinard of the International Museum of Surgical Science will explain how plastic surgery, facial reconstruction, and even facial transplants aren’t new sciences, but something the medical community has been working on for decades.