Under The Skin
Filmfest 2014
United Kingdom 2013
Original version
(Original: English)
German Premiere
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Section: CineMasters
Jonathan Glazer returns with a deeply creepy film that, despite its science-fiction premise, is just as much a horror flick of disassociation. Putting the 'alien' in 'alienating', Glazer’s third feature fuses a cryptic stranger-in-a-strange-land narrative, guerrilla shooting approach, and a tightly contained audiovisual scheme that makes for a claustrophobically seamless and unnerving drama of self-awakening... Glazer successfully creates a scenario in which an alien being for once feels genuinely strange... Johansson's fresh obliging manner, offset by her solemn expressions, makes a surprisingly good match for the extraterrestrial's blank-slate state. But as for certain other cinematic sojourners from other worlds, life on Earth brings unforeseen challenges, and the film saves its most terrifying moments for the end.
Nicolas Rapold, Film Comment
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Jessica Mance, Krystof Hadek
Credits
Screenplay: Walter Campbell. Jonathan Glazer, Original von/ by: Michael Faber
Director of Photography: Daniel Landin
Film Editor: Paul Watts
Composer: Mica Levi
Production Designer: Chris Oddy
Costume Design: Steven Noble
Sound: Nigel Albermaniche, Steve Single
Producer: James Wilson
Production Company: Silver Reel Entertainment
Co-Producer: Nick Wechsler
World Sales: FilmNation
Distributor: Senator Film
Director: Jonathan Glazer
