Empire Magazine’s Top 10 Movie Haircuts

February 3rd 2008 21:57

I finally saw No Country for Old Men on the weekend and I was mesmerised by Javier Bardem’s immovable bowl cut. Hair isn’t usually a topic I’d normally write about but the combination of reading Empire Magazine’s Top 10 Film Haircuts article and Bardem’s dedicated tresses, made me think further about the role of hair in films.

Here is Empire’s list arranged into my own order of memorable hairy moments:

1. Cameron Diaz - There's Something About Mary (1998). Even if you’ve seen the film too many times to think, the hair has to be included in the list. Yet, it didn’t inspire a cult following, I wonder why?

Cameron Diaz - There’s Something About Mary.

2. Gary Oldman – Dracula.(1992) What were those strange growths on his head?

3. John Travolta – Battlefield Earth (2000). I didn’t even recognise John, I thought a tree had hopped onto a head and sprouted.

4. Robert de Niro - Taxi Driver (1976). The cheap and nasty Mohawk look. Quick to do and easy to look after.

5. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey - Wayne’s World (1992). More like Mullet World.

6. Uma Thurman and Samuel J Jackson – Pulp Fiction (1994). Uma sports the slickest, vintage square cut bob that even Amelie couldn’t beat seven years later. Samuel L Jackson, well it’s handy that he had so much fat on his head in case he had a food emergency and needed to fry something in it.

7. Jack Nance – Eraserhead (1977). Nance’s shock mop of hair. Even he looks startled by the nest parked on his head.

8. Sigourney weaver - Alien 3 (1992). The female crew cut is always interesting. Was it aimed at keeping the aliens away? Maybe, I know I wouldn’t have approached her.

9. Carrie Fisher - Star Wars (1977). A classic wrap-around-the ears look which was even mentioned in Friends (so it must be famous).

10. The entire cast of Hairspray (2007). The clue is in the title. There seems to be a John Travolta trend happening.

Other hirsute nominations include Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in Sweeney Todd. This is a two for one deal as both look like they were electrocuted in the bathroom. Their next film is entitled, The Hair Bear Twins.

My final mention goes to Mike Myers in Austen Powers, Tina Turner in Mad Max and Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands.

Congratulations, shaggy friends.

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Comment by Rosemary

February 3rd 2008 22:42

Alpaca Notes - Tasmania

Makes me feel better about my hair first thing in the morning before its tamed.

Comment by Tracy

February 3rd 2008 23:01