Review of The Mask

The Mask (1961)
9/10
A good independent film classic
29 February 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This was a Canadian film ,produced by independent film maker Julian Roffman who help created the Canadian film industry.This was a sequel to a movie that he did call the Brood.When it was distributed to the United states it did not do well.The mask was a mainstream concept,This is the first time that the 3D sequence were converted to Polaroid for the Blu-ray version.I remember seeing this on t.v. ,when Television corporations were putting out 3D classic locally ,but the sequences were in anaglyph 3d.I did not like the story back then ,but now I do.Seeing it in 1:85:1 makes it look better.The sequence were originally design by Slavko Vorkavich,who was a film maker and special effects artist.He did a lot of montages for Hollywood films.What I did not understand as when D.r Allan Barnes ,played by Paul Stevens,When he went into the psychedelic world wearing that mask,why it was portrayed by his ex patient ,who had killed himself ,portrayed by Michael Radin,rather than Paul Stevens.This is the way the filmmaker did this.Claudette Nevins Plays the doctors girl friend,who takes the mask away from him and tries to return it to the museum,since it was stolen,once she realized it was affecting him.Although small budget and limited it was still very entertaining .In the Blu-ray disc includes some short and montage sequences that Slavko did as a filmmaker and special effects Film artist,02/29/16
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