
arishastheLouvre.LondonhastheTateModern,andNewYorktheMetropolitanMuseum.ButHusavik,Iceland—adiminutivevillageonthefringeoftheArcticCircle—boaststheworld’sonlymuseumdevotedexclusivelytopainstakinglypreservedmalegenitalia.<br/> FoundedandcuratedbySigurður“Siggi”Hjartarson,theIcelandicPhallologicalMuseumhousesfourdecadesworthofmammalianmembers,fromapetitefieldmousetothecolossalspermwhale,andevery“thing”inbetween.But,lamentably,Siggi’scollectionlackstheholygrailofphallicphantasmagoria:ahumanspecimen.No,thisisnotthesynopsistothelatestChristopherGuestfilm,butratheritisthesubjectofJonahBekhorandZachMath'snewdocumentary,THEFINALMEMBER,afilmfestivalfavoritewhichisslatedfora2014releasebyDrafthouseFilms(thecompanybehindtheacclaimedandcontroversialfilmTHEACTOFKILLING).<br/> THEFINALMEMBERcentersonSiggi,whoseworldchangesdramaticallywhenhereceivesgenerousoffersfromanelderlyIcelandicCasanovaandaneccentricAmerican.However,asthecompetitionforeternalpenilepreservationheatsupbetweenthetwomen,Siggisoondiscoversthatthisprocessismorecomplicatedthanitinitiallyappeared.Intheirdebutfeaturefilm,JonahBekhorandZachMathfollowSiggionhisdogged,oftenemotionalquesttocompletehisexhibitioninapeculiar,yetstartlinglyrelatable,storyofself-fulfillmentandthevalueofpersonallegacies(bothbigandsmall).<br/> THEFINALMEMBERcapturestheuniquelybizarreIcelandicPhallogicalMuseum,whosequestforthehumanspecimenleavesanindeliblestamponthelivesofafew...totheintrigueofmany.Wewouldlovetosendyouascreenerforconsiderationsoyoucanplungeintothisstrangeworldyourself.