Tattoos in cinema

An overview

  • Nicolas Kluger
    Department of Dermatology, Allergology and Venereology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki nicolaskluger[at]yahoo.fr

Abstract

In cinema, many visual characteristics of the characters serve as "unspoken" elements that allow the audience to attribute (rightly or wrongly) these characteristics without the need to use superfluous verbal information: clothes, hairstyles, scars, prostheses, physical defects, etc. Tattoos are obviously part of this visual panel. Tattoos may be the central theme of the movie, allow to give one or more attribute to the character, have a real function in the movie or simply has an aesthetic role of beautification. The prevalence of actors and actress with tattoos is unknown. However, some actors may display their tattoos for the purpose of the movie.
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Kluger, N. (2022). Tattoos in cinema: An overview. Journal of Medicine and Movies, 18(3), 271–277. https://doi.org/10.14201/rmc.28719

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