this didn't seem comedic to me at all.
I've only seen it once but the motorcyclist seemed like some kind of alien handler who was ultimately in a position of control
― Dan S, Saturday, 7 September 2019 03:16 (four years ago) link
stephanie zacharek liked it:
https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/04/02/under-the-skin-is-alluring-creepy-and-great/
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 7 September 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
the genius of the movie for me was its showing a view of human empathy from a completely outside perspective, thought it was moving
― Dan S, Saturday, 7 September 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
I know women who rate it pretty high, I obv can’t speak for their precise reasons but it takes on stuff like the male gaze and gendered power dynamics pretty explicitly. Scarlett Johansson being in it obviously helped the movie get made & get seen, but I think it’s one of those cases where that also works artistically. There are obv many different layers and readings that can be brought to bear, but the larger context of viewers being aware of her as a giant movie star and international sex symbol is definitely at play in how the movie is operating and what its doing, imo
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Saturday, 7 September 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
I mean I just thought it was funny that she led these dudes into this sketchy as fuck building and they blissfully went along. It’s funny because it’s ridiculous and yet totally believable.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 7 September 2019 04:01 (four years ago) link
Poll: Would you walk into black water for Scarlet Johanson?
YN
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Saturday, 7 September 2019 04:15 (four years ago) link
I've been to places that look like where she takes the men but I am from Glasgow ymmv if you have lived bougiely only
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 7 September 2019 04:29 (four years ago) link
cause like I can't imagine it being as big a hit/making as much of an impact with an actress less hot than The Scarjo, and that seems ironically problematic maybe? haven't figured it out yet, but I did like this movie
― del griffith, Friday, September 6, 2019 8:59 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
it wasn't a hit, it made half its budget back. seems weird bc it made an impact, at least at the time, I've been meaning to check this out for 5+ years based on one perfect recommendation ("Under the Skin tho"). and shakey is right about Stranger Things ripping this off and doing it worse
― flappy bird, Saturday, 7 September 2019 04:36 (four years ago) link
alright well not a hit, but the reason we're all talking about it now.
and it's not really about Glasgow though is it? it's about men being taken in by attractive women no matter what hopeless environment they happen to find themselves in, and therein lies the trap.
― del griffith, Saturday, 7 September 2019 04:38 (four years ago) link
What’s weird is that the beach scene didn’t disturb me as much as it did many others (although I also didn’t find it “hilarious”, wtf) but the scene of the guy watching the other guy get sucked out of his skin and then watching the empty skin float around in the void is one of the most disturbing nightmare images I’ve ever seen in a movie.
― gyac, Saturday, 7 September 2019 04:50 (four years ago) link
N, but I don't think it was just black water. The endless white/black plane of the "seduction" scenes (nods to THX 1138) would have left me limply curious. Maybe it related to the rundown tenement as the interior of the Tardis, but if taken as presented and not a visual metaphor, the victims have tunnel vision I've never experienced except under psychedelics. There's some trancranial magnetic stimulation (etc) going on.
Mild spoilers for book: In Faber's book, while the protagonist Isserley may use (artificial) feminine charms to keep the victims talking until she can confirm they won't be missed, there's no undressing, just a button in the dash that activates autoinjectors under the passenger seat. The cinematic version is far better.
TBF, the film retains very little from the book besides "female appearing alien develops misgivings about abducting male hitchhikers in Scotland for further processing". I like the "alien anthropologist goes native" thread of the film, and I don't think the book's focuses on class consciousness, backbreaking labor, or factory farming could have worked visually.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Saturday, 7 September 2019 05:05 (four years ago) link
I liked this movie but haven't seen it since it was in cinemas. I read the book not long ago, impressive how they got from that to the movie but it's a great movie. I was actually going to watch it again last night but ran out of time. I'd forgotten the beach scene, think that would be hard to watch again.
― kinder, Saturday, 7 September 2019 10:45 (four years ago) link
I'm a woman btw
― kinder, Saturday, 7 September 2019 10:47 (four years ago) link
do any women like this movie? just curious
― del griffith, Saturday, September 7, 2019 12:58 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
It remains my favourite film of the decade.
― tangenttangent, Friday, September 6, 2019 7:56 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Saturday, 7 September 2019 10:49 (four years ago) link
I am a woman and I enjoyed this movie as well as the soundtrack.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 7 September 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
https://news.avclub.com/watch-the-fall-a-nightmarish-new-short-from-under-th-1840036328
new glazer short
― na (NA), Monday, 25 November 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
with mica levi score
― na (NA), Monday, 25 November 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
I'm a massive Glazer fan but I thought this was a bit ehhh
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 25 November 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
same
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:25 (four years ago) link
Is it just the BBC who have it online for the UK still?
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
Yes, it's a BBC production.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
Thanks. One of those rare times I'm frustrated as a TV non-licensee. Oh well, I'll wait until it appears somewhere, doesn't sound crucial viewing.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:33 (four years ago) link
a man of principles!
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:34 (four years ago) link
Or a man of laziness!
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:42 (four years ago) link
Actually got the Opera browser's built-in VPN to work, so I'll watch it later on the US site, once darkness falls.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 28 November 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
I agree that it's a bit something and nothing. There's some cool shots and it's decently unsettling, but I thought there was very little to it. Oh well.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 1 December 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
I have a coworker who actively dislikes this one and complains about it being recommended to him as horror, but I think it’s very much in the ponderous genre subset and I get that it’s not for all
― mh, Monday, 2 December 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link
Do you mean Under The Skin? For clarity, I was talking about The Fall immediately above.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 2 December 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
ahh, yeah. UtS
― mh, Monday, 2 December 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
NEW GLAZER
Jonathan Glazer’s THE ZONE OF INTEREST. Coming soon. pic.twitter.com/PZJ3EFj6PS— A24 (@A24) May 8, 2023
― just sayin, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 11:15 (eleven months ago) link
Mentioned in the Cannes thread. A little put off because Amis, but def interested
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 12:07 (eleven months ago) link