It takes a lot of balls to take one of the acting’s fastest rising stars and put him under a mask for an entire film.  Yet that’s exactly what Lenny Abrahamson has done with Michael Fassbender in his latest feature film Frank.  Written by Jon Ronson the film is based on Chris Sievey and his comic alter-ego Frank Sidebottom, who’s band Ronson spent time playing keyboard in.  Although in reality the only concrete link between the two characters is the giant mask that covers Fassbender’s face for the duration of the movie.  The character itself takes not just from Sievey, but troubled musical souls like Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart.

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