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wig & makeup disguises: movies from the 1980s
Johnny Handsome
Die Schauspielerin
Columbo
Jake and the Fatman
Love on the Run
Blott on the Landscape
Crimes of Passion
Psycho 2
Witness for the Prosecution
Bergerac
Wig & makeup disguises: the 1980s
These are disguises that reply on a change wig/hairstyle, and different makeup. They have been used by characters in comedies, caper movies, thrillers, Film Noir, TV mini-series, and just about every other movie and TV genre.
Some of them are good but often they leave you with a belief problem: why didn’t he notice she was wearing a wig when he ran his fingers through her hair? why didn’t her husband recognise her? This is not so much a criticism of the makeup as an indication of a basic problematic with the concept of disguise: a more complex makeup would often just beg a different set of questions.