Making Faces, Playing God

Identity and the Art of Transformational Makeup

Thomas Morawetz

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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
01 August 2001

Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema; Fiction-related items; Philosophy; Cultural studies; Psychology; Special Effects

"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.

Thomas Morawetz, Tapping Reeve Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Connecticut School of Law, writes avocationally on modern literature, non-fiction, mysteries, and movies. His interest in movie-making extends over thirty-five years."

By: Thomas Morawetz
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 251mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780292752474
ISBN 10: 0292752474
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 August 2001
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I: The Culture and Art of Transformation 1. The Significance and Invention of Faces 2. The Culture of Transformation 3. The Art of Transformation Part II: The Practice of Transformation 4. The Demonic 5. Aliens 6. Disguise for Its Own Sake 7. Variant Selves 8. Impersonation 9. Beyond Human Afterthoughts Photo Credits

Reviews for Making Faces, Playing God: Identity and the Art of Transformational Makeup

"""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"