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lovable subtle details
Penthesilea:
Distracting from my own question here:
The other day I posted a photo on HHH of the making of I'm not There, where Heath gets a tat covered:
Like Amanda, I don't think it's much of a problem to cover them up, otherwise actors wouldn't get them. I think make-up is checked (and fixed if necessary) between takes anyway. I've never noticed any of Heath's tats (or of other actors) in other movies.
Which brings me back to my question: why do we see the wrist tat not only once or twice (which I would buy as production mistake), but several times?
At the moment, I think both possibilies are unlikely, that they made the same production mistake with the same tat relatively 'often', but also to think it was done deliberate. Hm :-\
belbbmfan:
I don't think the tattoo was deliberately visible. I couldn't picture Ennis with a tattoo. He would probably think that was kind of a hippie thing to do. And we all know how he felt about them.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on March 06, 2008, 12:20:41 pm ---Like Amanda, I don't think it's much of a problem to cover them up, otherwise actors wouldn't get them. I think make-up is checked (and fixed if necessary) between takes anyway. I've never noticed any of Heath's tats (or of other actors) in other movies.
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Well, my thought was that it must be somewhat of a problem to cover them up, or we wouldn't see them in BBM, either. I know it can be done, but it must not be foolproof. I remember years ago reading a quote from Cher, who had just gotten some big tattoo, saying she knew it meant she would never get another movie role again but that's OK, she really wanted the tat anyway. Now obviously it's not THAT problematic, but you'd think it might be more trouble or risk than it's worth. Especially for tats in really conspicuous areas, like the wrist.
As for piercings, I think that after they've been there for a while they do not grow back very easily.
Then again, here we are talking about a medium where they can make people look 50 years older or like monsters or Dr. Seuss characters or give them serious wounds or whatever ... so I guess covering up a tattoo wouldn't be an insurmountable problem! :laugh:
Anyway, sorry to derail the thread, but I've always wondered that. Just as I wonder when I see cashiers with long, carefully polished fingernails.
Front-Ranger:
Jack is so lovable when his thoughts come out despite him trying to cover them up for Ennis' sake:
"We should both be in this camp."
"That's one a the two things I need right now." (from the story)
"I can't get by on two HAFs a year."
He's always thinking in twos.
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 16, 2008, 11:33:06 am ---Jack is so lovable when his thoughts come out despite him trying to cover them up for Ennis' sake:
"We should both be in this camp."
"That's one a the two things I need right now." (from the story)
"I can't get by on two HAFs a year."
He's always thinking in twos.
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Good point about the "twining" and "paralleling" comments made by Jack! This compliments my obsession to see the film as a palindrome.
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