The Flesh (Italian: La carne) is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
The Flesh is a semi-sentient human technology from the BBC television series Doctor Who, which made an appearance in the 6th series in the double-bill "The Rebel Flesh" and "The Almost People" as the primary antagonists. The Flesh is a white goopy substance that can be used to create clones of any living organism.
When they first aired on BBC 1, The Flesh took on the physical appearance of a vat of off-white, semi-clear liquid laced with red veins (this may not be their true form, as they are capable of changing their form at will), and copying the molecular structure of other beings.
In the "The Rebel Flesh", The Flesh is used to create doppelgängers or "gangers" as a way to safely mine acid in the 22nd century. The Flesh is considered the government's "worst kept secret," as it raises ethical questions of created consciousness. The Flesh has the ability to perfectly replicate not only the physical characteristics of any organism, but the memories and personality as well. The gangers are operated by human workers who "plug in" to an operating system which allows them to remotely control their actions. By sending out gangers to mine acid instead of human workers, the number of lives lost during mining is greatly reduced.
Based on pigment a war begins
We've got two souls wrapped in different skin
Won't take it back it's a fact
No one can win
C'mon you can see the shape the world is in
And what's the fate of our state
That never learns from past mistakes
Can you estimate?
You better pray everyday
The dam don't break
I say hey you better pray
It's not too late
And mention the tension isn't pretty,
You can feel it in the city
You've got to watch your back expect attack
I always feel like I'm ready for combat
Yes yes we're spirit souls within this world
And I know that I'm free,
And I know that we're ready for a modification
Yes yes I'm convinced we're not this flesh
Can you hear what I'm saying?
Yes yes I'm convinced I'm not this flesh
Can you hear me?
Ignorance of identity we've created enmity
Denigration of a civilization
And that's our explanation
When it all falls down
Our bloods both red when blood is shed
I've heard the news there's one more dead
Just see the way that we've been bred
We've lost ourselves
And we've lost lost our identification
And it's evil the people live in fear
You can feel it in the air
It begins thinking
We're skin which overlooks what we're within
So why disgress?
This simple point will cause so much distress
Don't rate me hate me deprecate me
Or be ready for the ramifications
Watch the city crumble humbled
They don't even know
What slapped them in the face
We've got to instigate
And educate a spiritual solution
And we won't sit we won't conceal
Beacuse many feel the way I feel any
Many want this earth to heal
I've got a voice of an entire generation