Anisya Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I know many of you are film lovers but there doesn't seem to be a thread about tattoos in films....I decided to start with my favourite from 'Eastern Promises' (this picture doesn't include stars on each knee that he had in the film, as far as I remember) I don't think people realize that most tattoos you see in the cinema are the work of theatrical make-up artists....I think they've made a good job on Viggo and those tattoos are also very important to the film plot as we realize that we are dealing with real Russian mafia, not some plain criminal...and that there is some tragic history behind each of those marks.... Anyone has a favourite tattoo from a film? Or maybe an opinion on how tattoos are represented by the movie industry? And why is there so much TRIBAL?? In the era of HD TV and digital cameras the excuse that some tattoos don't film well and it's best to use bold black designs is no longer enough to justify all those designs! slave and Cork 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Morrow Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 slave and Kevin Campbell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Morrow Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Here is the bone tattoo Russell Crowe had in Romper Stomper. Kevin Campbell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anisya Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Cape Fear, God it was ages, I forgot about this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Snake pliSskin !!!! G.Uristti and Anisya 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anisya Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Here is the bone tattoo Russell Crowe had in Romper Stomper. Don't like this one. Not one bit. And it looks fake...didn't do a good job there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Once Were Warriors . Kevin Campbell, Gregor and PhilB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 @kylegrey fucking awesome and fucking awesome film PhilB and kylegrey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewA Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I have no picture, but the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo is the immediate one that comes to mind. I liked the suspense of the movie, but imo the tattoo wasn't the greatest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anisya Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 I have no picture, but the Girl with a Dragon Tattoo is the immediate one that comes to mind. I liked the suspense of the movie, but imo the tattoo wasn't the greatest. Yeah, it was even worse in the original film. it is much better in the book ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Red Dragon with Ralph Fiennes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 From the movie Boulevard Nights; always cracks me up! Anisya and G.Uristti 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands On Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 A couple that come to mind are the dude in The Hangover 2 and Edward Norton in American History X. There's a few tattoo scenes in American Me. I think the dude at 1:25 is a little heavy handed... JAllen, slave and bongsau 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 For crude but realistic looking prison tattoos, Chopper G.Uristti and slave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight-Lines Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Brad Pitt in Snatch. Fucking awesome. kylegrey, Anisya, Kevin Campbell and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cibo Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 @kylegrey fucking awesome and fucking awesome film totally agree on both counts :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmitty Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 George Clooney has the much replicated tribal flame sleeve in From Dusk Til' Dawn and how can we forget the Boondock Saints. Anisya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anisya Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 George Clooney has the much replicated tribal flame sleeve in From Dusk Til' Dawn. That's actually a tattoo I don't get! It doesn't do anything for the film, just distracts throughout and when we finally see it, in the last act, is quite disappointing...I know they've made it to show the character is such a 'bad ass' but we already know he is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anisya Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Brad Pitt in Snatch.Fucking awesome. G.Uristti, remindsmeofyou, Kev and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tittleton Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 "They're not tattoos, they're skin illustrations! Don't you ever call them tattoos! " G.Uristti, Jack, PinkUnicorn and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 The Pikey bare-knuckle boxing champ also had a black n grey last supper back piece . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anisya Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 "They're not tattoos, they're skin illustrations! Don't you ever call them tattoos! " Is this 'The Illustrated Man'? I haven't seen it...any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taaarro Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 The Indian Runner (Sean Penn, 1991) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taaarro Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955) irezumi, Kev and Anisya 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taaarro Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986) This might not count because I think Tom Waits' tattoos are real. Anisya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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