Behind the Mask

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ever since Metropolis performer Brigitte Helm climbed into her art deco robotic armor in 1927 creature suits have been an important if often overlooked part of the Hollywood filmmaking process. Whether it's an ape alien or android there's usually a trained performer inside it bringing that suit to life.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Behind the Mask: The Secrets of Hollywood's Leading Creature Suit Performers </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is an eye-opening look at the men and women inside the suits from the early apes of Tarzan to the recent Oscar-winning film </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Substance. </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Along the way it covers countless creature suit-related projects including </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>2001 Star Wars Hellboy Pan's Labyrinth Game of Thrones Nightbreed</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Stranger Things</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> as well as the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Alien</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Predator</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> films. There's also a look at how modern technology such as computer-generated imagery and motion-capture is changing the industry in a big way.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the 1920s there was a popular saying: 'Don't step on it it might be Lon Chaney!' referring of course to Hollywood's legendary 'man of a thousand faces.' And after reading this book you will never look at movie monsters the same way again!</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Entertainment journalist Joe Nazzaro has been covering film and television makeup/creature FX for nearly four decades. In addition to a 20-year stint on </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Makeup Artist</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> he helped launch </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Prosthetics Magazine</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> in 2015. He's written countless magazine articles on the subject as well as numerous makeup-related books including </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From Star Wars to Superman: Conversations with Makeup Legend Stuart Freeborn</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (also published by BearManor) and Dick Smith: The Godfather of Makeup.</span></p><p></p>