"This book is entirely unique, very well written, dramatic, and, at
the same time, philosophical. It is likely to appeal to a very
large audience, including anybody interested in the visual arts, in
film, in theater, in philosophical problems of transformation, and
in the unconscious generally." -- Melvin R. Lansky, M.D., UCLA
Medical School and Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute
Wearing a mask-- putting on another face-- embodies a
fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and
experiencing other lives. In this extensively illustrated book,
Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational
makeup for theatre, movies, and television fulfills this fantasy of
self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the
other."
Morawetz begins by discussing the cultural role of fantasies of
transformation and what these fantasies reveal about questions of
personal identity. He next turns to professional makeup artists and
describes their background, training, careers, and especially the
techniques they use to create their art. Then, with numerous
before-during-and-after photos of transformational makeups from
popular and little-known shows and movies, ads, and artist's demos
and portfolios, he reveals the art and imagination that go into six
kinds of mask-making-- representing demons, depicting aliens,
inventing disguises, transforming actors into different (older,
heavier, disfigured) versions of themselves, and creating
historical or mythological characters.
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