Disfigured Faces, “Accursed Ugliness”, and Hollywood
Paddy Adamson on Hollywood's obsession with disfigured faces, and the negative impact such representations have on understandings of disfigurement.
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‘Like Changing a Windshield on a Car’ – Transplantation and The Eye (2008)
This piece on transplantation and The Eye (2008) is the second blog in our series on Halloween, Horror Films, transplantation and the face. In this installment, Lauren Stephenson (York St John) explores the tensions between science and the body, and matters of the soul and the self.
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Visualising Evil: Depictions of Visible Facial Difference in Film Culture
By Dr Sarah Hall At a pivotal moment in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the antagonist of the sequel...
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Framing the face – a filmmaker’s perspective
Dr Barry James Gibbbarryjamesgibb.com As a filmmaker, I’m in the business of reading faces. And, while it would be easy...