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Great masks in film?

brady qw

over 1 year ago

So, for my short I have a man who wears many masks. I want to know if there are any really great masks you know of.

My personal favorites:

LIAM ALLEN

over 1 year ago

the rite ingmar bergman

Brad S.

over 1 year ago

filmfla​m

over 1 year ago

Sterling Hayden (Johnny) wears a clown mask during the robbery in The Killing.

http://www.thelmagazine.com/images/blogimages/2010/10/08/1286563079-the-killing.jpg

LIAM ALLEN

over 1 year ago

Rich Uncle Skeleton

over 1 year ago

here you go, FilmFlam:

Malik

over 1 year ago

On phone so I can’t post pics, but Judex (both) and Kingdom of Heaven.

apursan​sar

over 1 year ago

Butterflies Have No Memories (Lav Diaz)

Reason, Debate and a Story (Ritwik Ghatak)

The King of Masks (Biàn Liǎn)

…also check out Kenji’s MASKS list.

Eurich

over 1 year ago

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Malik

over 1 year ago

I’m also fond of the masks in 5 Deadly Venoms.

Rich Uncle Skeleton

over 1 year ago

I enjoyed the masks in The Town (2010), if only because it gave Anthony Lane the opportunity to quip, “talk about solving a problem like Maria.”

Kenji

over 1 year ago

Thanks for a few additions to my list, and looks like my nuns list too! Kubrick had a thing about masks, whether physically worn ones or mask-like expressions

Arsaib

over 1 year ago

Sound of the Mountain (Naruse Mikio, 1954)

Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)

Fellahe​en

over 1 year ago

not a conventional mask, but…

the corduro​y suit

over 1 year ago

Mon Oncle d’Amerique

Matt Parks

over 1 year ago

Alice, Sweet Alice

Halloween

Manhunter

Mike Spence

over 1 year ago

Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett)

Mike Spence

over 1 year ago

Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)

“El Santo” films from various years…

“Phantom of the Paradise” (1974)

“Halloween” (1978)

“Friday the 13th” (1980)

“Grunt! The Wrestling Movie” (1985)

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the gimp in “Pulp Fiction” (1994).

Finally…

“The Stepford Wives” (2004)

Brad S.

over 1 year ago

Can’t find a picture, but the original Sleuth has Michael Caine in a creepy clown mask.

Also, let’s not forget the obvious:

Darth Vader, Boba Fett, plus a Stormtrooper—three great masks in one picture!

apursan​sar

over 1 year ago

¡Que Viva Mexico! (Sergei Eisenstein)

Josh H

over 1 year ago

V for Vendetta. Yeah, I know its a comic first and all, but damn if that’s not a cool mask. Perfectly creepy and epic at the same time. I even own a super cheapo plastic one.

Angel

over 1 year ago

Profound Desires of the Gods

Nohea

over 1 year ago


like2sl​eep

over 1 year ago

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Raymer

over 1 year ago

Eyes Without a Face

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (’74)

(Whoever decided that Leatherface needed to wear makeup is a genius.)

I guess these are more full-on suits than masks, but whatever -
Inland Empire

The Shining

Also, +1 for Killer of Sheep.

ArmandS

over 1 year ago

I’d put in the mask from The Mask of Fu Manchu, and several from Zack Snyder’s 300.

Grey Daisies

over 1 year ago

Nobody mentioned Litan so far? There are so many great & weird masks in this film!

Daniel Kasman

-moderator-
over 1 year ago

Georges Franju knows his masks:

From Nuits rouges.