Under The Skin (Jonathan Glazer)

Unearthly

I learned a lesson here. Never judge a book by its cover. I dismissed this last year as a species rip off, a film I did not like anyway.

However this was brilliant. Really atmospheric, authentic, captivating. A late contender for me for film of 2014

johnny_ultimate

Two videos that I reckon are worth a quick bump of the thread (and possibly reignite some discussion about one of the most fascinating films of recent years ).

First, some peculiar shorts/ads/whatever Glazer put together for Channel 4. Some very potent images and mood building in very short spaces of time, almost like visual haikus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWvUJATjJDE

And I'm not sure why exactly Rian Johnson ended up introducing the film at the BFI, but he did, and his thoughts on the film are articulate and intriguing. It's nice to hear a director talking about somebody else's work in such a passionate way - and an interesting contrast since I first saw the film with Glazer in attendance and he was very soft-spoken and uncomfortable (not a bad thing, TBH, I feel the whole Q&A business is rather unnatural).

Anyway, more evidence of why I'm hoping Johnson goes and does his own thing again once he's finished slumming it in a galaxy far, far away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMLNTzZfAw

alex.middleton

fairly "art house" film which that requires some interpretation of imagery by the viewer to fully grasp the plot of the film