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Prison Tattoos
Style Buzz In David Cronenberg’s award-winning new Russian mafia movie, “Eastern Promises,” Viggo Mortensen sports 43 tattoos his character has acquired in prison. The film has rekindled interest in the elaborate codes of meaning carried by prison tattoos.
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September 21, 2007
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