About

'Masquerade' explores identity constructed through clothes, makeup and accessories. From a deceptive tool of hidden identity or purpose through to a positive reclaiming or remaking of self image and lifestyle, the films highlight the mutable nature of appearance and personality. The program includes Kon Ichikawa's examination of an actor's manipulation of on stage and off stage persona An Actor's Revenge 1963 through to the highly manufactured world of Patrick Bateman in Mary Harron's American Psycho 2000.

List of Works

• Vertigo 1958 | Director: Alfred Hitchcock
• Some Like it Hot 1959 | Director: Billy Wilder
• Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) 1960 | Director: René Clément
• Yukinojo Henge (An Actor's Revenge) 1963 | Director: Kon Ichikawa
• Desperately Seeking Susan 1985 | Director: Susan Seidelman
• Tanin no kao (The Face of Another) 1966 | Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
• Nikita 1990 | Director: Luc Besson
• Paris is Burning 1990 | Director: Jennie Livingston
• Batman Returns 1992 | Director: Tim Burton
• Single White Female 1992 | Director: Barbet Schroeder
• Face/Off 1997 | Director: John Woo
• Boys Don't Cry 1999 | Director: Kimberley Peirce
• The Talented Mr Ripley 1999 | Director: Anthony Minghella
• American Psycho 2000 | Director: Mary Harron