Aaron schimberg's impressive second feature is his response, as a filmmaker with facial deformity, to cinematic portrayals of disfigured people, from freaks to the elephant man. Simultaneously empathetic and sardonic, chained for life's multi layered meta narrative casts jess weixler teeth as mabel, a well intentioned hollywood star. She takes the role of a blind woman in a hospital based horror movie about abnormalities, directed by an egomaniacal german filmmaker. As shooting progresses, mabel gradually falls for her friendly british co star rosenthal, played by under the skin actor adam pearson.extrasdisc one chained for lifehigh definition presentationoriginal mono soundtrackaudio commentary with writer director aaron schimberga different kind of intimacy 2020, 18 mins actor jess weixler reflects on the themes and production of chained for lifegood things happen to good people 2020, 10 mins actor and activist adam pearson discusses the role of rosenthalwe are family 2020, 17 mins actor sari lennick recalls her experiences of making the filmeight deleted extended scenes 13 minssuper 8 on set footage 2018, 2 mins, mute silent material shot by film archivist john klacsmannlate spring regrets for our youth 2009, 5 mins short diary film by aaron schimbergtheatrical trailerimage galleryoptional english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingdisc two go down death limited edition exclusiveuk premiere presentation of aaron schimberg's 2013 debut featurehigh definition presentationoriginal mono soundtrackit would be sad to see this end up in a dump 2013, 6 mins rare behind the scenes footage shot by producer editor vanessa mcdonnelleight deleted scenes 32 minstheatrical trailerimage galleryoptional english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearinglimited edition exclusive booklet containing new writing on chained for life by david jenkins, jeff billington on the 1950 exploitation film chained for life, alejandro bachmann and michelle koch on go down death, and film creditslimited edition of 3,000 copies