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Great masks in film?

Daniel Kasman

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over 2 years ago

Diabolik also has some nice ones:

apursan​sar

over 2 years ago

The World of Apu (Satyajit Ray)

Ben Simingt​on

over 2 years ago

POINT BREAK’s ex-prez bank robbers.

Matt Parks

over 2 years ago

George Washington:

Kurt Walker

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over 2 years ago


Abel Ferrara in Ms. 45

Ben Simingt​on

over 2 years ago

Taking a big cue from Franju, Jerry Hall’s porcelain mask in Burton’s BATMAN.

mina

over 2 years ago

I just saw this thread and had to point out that, in my humble opinion the greatest mask in film history is from Onibaba:

Ben Simingt​on

over 2 years ago

555-

over 2 years ago

Jason_u​g8

over 2 years ago

http://famousmonstersoffilmland.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/carradine-as-nfrankenstein.jpg

the corduro​y suit

over 2 years ago

Sgt. Kabukiman!

SOYBEAN

over 2 years ago

Gawd, the music is awful . . . but that’s one HELL of a mask . . . the mask of SATAN!

Mario Bava’s Black Sunday

Ryan Rogers

over 2 years ago

Thought this one would have already came up by now

Donnie Darko

http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/donnie.jpg

Ryan Rogers

over 2 years ago

Also one hilarious use of a mask was in The Ice Storm

http://smoothjazzy.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/134115__icestorm_l.jpg?w=700

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over 2 years ago

Portrait of Madame Yuki (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1950)

Oddly Dreamli​ke

over 2 years ago

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the corduro​y suit

over 2 years ago

^Shudder

Baby masks have always bothered me…

micky ward

over 2 years ago

I meant to post Black Sunday mask but Soybean beat me to it. :)

Oddly Dreamli​ke

over 2 years ago

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