Oldboy - directed by Spike Lee - is the American remake of the 2003 South Korean revenge thriller by the same name. Wearing a black deep-V T-shirt and black trousers, the actor looked every inch the hard man as he got to work shooting new scenes. I think it’s very feminine, for barbed wire.” These days the tattoo is barely visible as Anderson undergoes removal.New addition: The presumably fake tattoo was clearly visible as Elizabeth's brown V-neck jumper rode up her arm I decided I’d just go ahead and get it done. She told The Los Angeles Times at the time, “The makeup people were going to paint this on my arm every day, but I had a tattoo artist just sketch it on me and I wore it around for a half a day to see how it looked. Some also point to the similarities between the design of barbed wire and the crown of thorns Jesus wore during crucifixion.Īnd then there’s Pamela Anderson, who revealed her ink in 1995 while filming the movie-wait for it- Barb Wire.
Each barb on the wire represented a “deed” accomplished (such as murder or theft) or another year the individual had spent behind bars. According to tattoo historian Carmen Nyssen, it “typically represents confinement, struggle(s), repression, rebellion, sacrifice(s), overcoming adversity, etc.”Įarly instances of barbed wire ink were seen among Russian prisoners in forced labor camps during the Stalin era, who tattooed their foreheads if they were serving a life sentence, or perhaps their arms or other body parts for shorter terms. Its symbolism in war and private property, and as an agent of pain made it ripe for tattoo interpretations. The success of barbed wire spread like brushfire. But every version, however minimal, messages a silent hostility.īarbed wire separating Jerusalem from the West Bank, Palestine, 2003. The wire itself comes in many iterations, some with spurs or sawtooths instead of traditional barbs. Sometimes wires are looped over a chain-link fence, or angled toward potential climbers. The Nazis used barbed wire when constructing concentration camps, since it had the added “benefit” of conductivity and could be electrified.īarbed wire is adaptable to different environments or for different uses. They promoted and sold throughout the new frontier, banking on the inexpensive, easily transportable fencing solution.īesides land cordoning, barbed wire was used during wartime to prevent enemy encroachment or to contain prisoners. Ellwood - who produced superior products out of De Kalb, Illinois. By 1867, there were six patents total, including one called “The Wooden Strip with Metallic Points.” But credit ultimately goes to the “Big Four” in barbed wire design - Joseph Glidden, Jacob Haish, Charles Francis Washburn, and Isaac L. The first patent for barbed wire was issued in 1865 to Louis François Janin, who twisted two wires together and tied them with diamond-shaped barbs. Without these materials, pioneers in the West attempted to protect crops and contain livestock using furrow fences, earthen ridges, and hedge fencing - all of which were insufficient. In the East and New England, settlers could divide land by pulling stones from the native soil and wood from forests.
As American pioneers moved West in the mid-19th Century, they discovered the flat plains and wide grasslands of the frontier contained few natural resources with which to build fences.
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