How did he got the mask?? - Bruiser (2000) Discussion

[–] jlou1287 19 years ago

it just happened b/c he had no identity, noone put it there, it wasn't a spell or anything, just something that happend

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I took it to be that it wasn't actually there, and he was wearing the real mask. He only imagined it was there because he went crazy.

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[–] schlipp 16 years ago

+1

It matches the mask he made at the party, but obviously wasn't as that was a rigid plastic affair. The one he wakes up with is obviously intended to be 'his face' as noted when it scratches and moves like his skin does. He was pushed over the edge and 'became' the faceless man everyone thought he was.

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[–] hexrei 15 years ago

yeah the mask was obviously a metaphor, and possibly a psychotic effect. the girl he liked was also wearing the same one in the pool. this is a movie viewed through the crazy lens of the pro (ant?)agonist.

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[–] aceofspades70 14 years ago

bad guy: antagonist

"Supercharge this."

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[–] hexrei 14 years ago

you could also argue that he is the "good guy" (protagonist) of the film as well. sort of an antihero.

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[–] WarpedRecord 14 years ago

He is a total antihero, probably more of a protagonist if you identify with him (as I do), or more of an antagonist if you are the type of people I despise. Of course, the people I despise wouldn't be likely to see themselves in this film because that's the nature of the beast.

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[–] Richard_J_Alpert 14 years ago

Cool Ice cold

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[–] jabberttp 12 years ago

Who's hebry?

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[–] Skele1029 11 years ago

Nobody did. The mask was never actually there. As some other people on here have said, the "mask" being attached to his face was a metaphor. Basically, Henry had lost it at that point. He snapped, and lost any sense of his real identity. He became the faceless man that everyone around him believed him to be. And that gave him the freedom to get revenge, which he only fantasized about.

Evidence to support this is that the mask randomly disappears from Henry's face at the end of the film, and then reappears just before the credits roll. Not to mention, nobody says anything to Henry about his face. Nobody points out that he (physically) has a blank face.

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[–] thingmakersback (1184) 3 years ago

Odd how people like to go to the psychological explanation and exclude the obvious fantasy element. I thought, at first that the "mask" was in his mind but... it turned up on the security cam footage the cops were reviewing and which winds up on newspaper front pages with the headline "FACELESS!"

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