Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Joe Szula, Lynsey Taylor Mackay | Written by Walter Campbell | Directed by Jonathan Glazer
When Jonathan Glazer last directed almost ten years ago he polarized audiences with his controversial film Birth. His latest effort will no doubt have a similar effect. Under the Skin is a Kubrikian-esque Science Fiction thriller that will fully transfix some with its eerie imagery and bore others with its cold demeanor and methodical pace. Those who argue the format of movies has become stale will find that Glazer pushes cinema forward by being willing to leave some behind.
Ambiguity may not be a strong enough word to describe the films premise. Scarlet Johansson plays an alien dressed in the skin of a woman who prowls around Glasgow seducing young hitchhikers. Her purpose is unstated, but she traps these men in this static state for the benefit of her kind.
When Jonathan Glazer last directed almost ten years ago he polarized audiences with his controversial film Birth. His latest effort will no doubt have a similar effect. Under the Skin is a Kubrikian-esque Science Fiction thriller that will fully transfix some with its eerie imagery and bore others with its cold demeanor and methodical pace. Those who argue the format of movies has become stale will find that Glazer pushes cinema forward by being willing to leave some behind.
Ambiguity may not be a strong enough word to describe the films premise. Scarlet Johansson plays an alien dressed in the skin of a woman who prowls around Glasgow seducing young hitchhikers. Her purpose is unstated, but she traps these men in this static state for the benefit of her kind.
- 7/7/2014
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Joe Szula, Lynsey Taylor Mackay | Written by Walter Campbell | Directed by Jonathan Glazer
When Jonathan Glazer last directed almost ten years ago he polarized audiences with his controversial film Birth. His latest effort will no doubt have a similar effect. Under the Skin is a Kubrikian-esque Science Fiction thriller that will fully transfix some with its eerie imagery and bore others with its cold demeanor and methodical pace. Those who argue the format of movies has become stale will find that Glazer pushes cinema forward by being willing to leave some behind.
Ambiguity may not be a strong enough word to describe the films premise. Scarlet Johansson plays an alien dressed in the skin of a woman who prowls around Edinburgh Glasgow, Scotland seducing young hitchhikers. Her purpose is unstated, but she traps these men in this static state for the benefit of her kind.
When Jonathan Glazer last directed almost ten years ago he polarized audiences with his controversial film Birth. His latest effort will no doubt have a similar effect. Under the Skin is a Kubrikian-esque Science Fiction thriller that will fully transfix some with its eerie imagery and bore others with its cold demeanor and methodical pace. Those who argue the format of movies has become stale will find that Glazer pushes cinema forward by being willing to leave some behind.
Ambiguity may not be a strong enough word to describe the films premise. Scarlet Johansson plays an alien dressed in the skin of a woman who prowls around Edinburgh Glasgow, Scotland seducing young hitchhikers. Her purpose is unstated, but she traps these men in this static state for the benefit of her kind.
- 4/19/2014
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
Director: Jonathan Glazer; Screenwriter Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer; Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance Running time: 108 mins; Certificate: 15
When people look back on 2014 as the year in which Scarlett Johansson became an interesting actress again, it will be because of a pair of radically different roles that nonetheless play like two halves of a whole. In both Spike Jonze's Her and Jonathan Glazer's haunting, singular sci-fi Under the Skin, Johansson plays a non-human entity who develops empathy and self-awareness and, for want of a better word, a soul.
Based loosely on Michel Faber's blackly comic novel, Under the Skin follows a predatory alien who inhabits the body of a young woman (Johansson) and uses her charms to prey on unsuspecting male hitchhikers along the motorways of Glasgow.
Faber's novel had the men drugged, mutilated and processed into meat in a sly metaphor for factory farming.
When people look back on 2014 as the year in which Scarlett Johansson became an interesting actress again, it will be because of a pair of radically different roles that nonetheless play like two halves of a whole. In both Spike Jonze's Her and Jonathan Glazer's haunting, singular sci-fi Under the Skin, Johansson plays a non-human entity who develops empathy and self-awareness and, for want of a better word, a soul.
Based loosely on Michel Faber's blackly comic novel, Under the Skin follows a predatory alien who inhabits the body of a young woman (Johansson) and uses her charms to prey on unsuspecting male hitchhikers along the motorways of Glasgow.
Faber's novel had the men drugged, mutilated and processed into meat in a sly metaphor for factory farming.
- 3/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Under the Skin Trailer. Jonathan Glazer‘s Under the Skin (2013) movie trailer 2 stars Scarlett Johansson, Scott Dymond, Jessica Mance, Paul Brannigan, and Krystof Hádek. Under the Skin‘s plot synopsis: “In search of loners, Laura (Scarlett Johansson) drives around the exquisitely moody landscapes of the Scottish highlands. She’s [...]
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- 2/11/2014
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
We’ve just been sent this beautiful new poster for Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer’s which comes a day ahead of the trailer tomorrow afternoon. Under the Skin stars Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Michael Moreland, Scott Dymond, Joe Szula and is set for release in UK on 14th March.
If you missed our review of the movie from Venice, you can view it by clicking this handy link. Don’t forget to return tomorrow for the new trailer and if you’ve missed the previous one, scroll down below the poster.
Under The Skin is the story of an alien in human form. Part road movie, part science fiction, part real, it’s a film about seeing our world through alien eyes.
Click to enlarge.
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If you missed our review of the movie from Venice, you can view it by clicking this handy link. Don’t forget to return tomorrow for the new trailer and if you’ve missed the previous one, scroll down below the poster.
Under The Skin is the story of an alien in human form. Part road movie, part science fiction, part real, it’s a film about seeing our world through alien eyes.
Click to enlarge.
The post Beautiful UK Poster for Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 2/10/2014
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Joe Szula, Lynsey Taylor Mackay | Written by Walter Campbell | Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Review by Scott Clark of The People’s Movies
Directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) and filmed entirely on location across Scotland Under the Skin is a film flaunting incredible cinematography strung together by a predominantly performance-orientated narrative. Based on the Novel by Michael Faber, Under the Skin follows Laura (Scarlett Johansson), an alien from another world, as she travels across Scotland kidnapping young men.
Glazer’s latest is a sci-fi film akin to 2001: A Space Odyssey in that one of the film’s main components is its striking tone and total control over the presented image. Daniel Landin’s exquisite palette of subdued tones creates a grim atmospheric back-drop for the film’s often macabre visual style. The same gorgeous control over image translates the Scottish landscape into a strange muggy alien territory,...
Review by Scott Clark of The People’s Movies
Directed by Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) and filmed entirely on location across Scotland Under the Skin is a film flaunting incredible cinematography strung together by a predominantly performance-orientated narrative. Based on the Novel by Michael Faber, Under the Skin follows Laura (Scarlett Johansson), an alien from another world, as she travels across Scotland kidnapping young men.
Glazer’s latest is a sci-fi film akin to 2001: A Space Odyssey in that one of the film’s main components is its striking tone and total control over the presented image. Daniel Landin’s exquisite palette of subdued tones creates a grim atmospheric back-drop for the film’s often macabre visual style. The same gorgeous control over image translates the Scottish landscape into a strange muggy alien territory,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Putting a whole new spin on the sci-fi film genre, Scarlett Johansson plays the hottest alien of all time in the forthcoming flick “Under the Skin.”
The “We Bought a Zoo” babe is featured in a new teaser trailer for the movie, also starring Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Joe Szula, and Krystof Hadek.
Directed by Jonathan Glazer, “Under The Skin” has received killer reviews at all the film festivals, including Toronto, Telluride, and Venice.
Per the synopsis, “An alien seductress preys on hitchhikers in Scotland.” And according to the studio, portions of the film were shot without the prior knowledge of the men being approached.
The “We Bought a Zoo” babe is featured in a new teaser trailer for the movie, also starring Paul Brannigan, Jessica Mance, Joe Szula, and Krystof Hadek.
Directed by Jonathan Glazer, “Under The Skin” has received killer reviews at all the film festivals, including Toronto, Telluride, and Venice.
Per the synopsis, “An alien seductress preys on hitchhikers in Scotland.” And according to the studio, portions of the film were shot without the prior knowledge of the men being approached.
- 9/23/2013
- GossipCenter
Under the Skin Trailer 2. Jonathan Glazer‘s Under the Skin (2013) movie trailer stars Scarlett Johansson, Scott Dymond, Jessica Mance, Paul Brannigan, and Krystof Hádek. Under the Skin‘s plot synopsis: “In search of loners, Laura (Scarlett Johansson) drives around the exquisitely moody landscapes of the Scottish highlands. She’s an [...]
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- 9/23/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Men are so easy. Just ask Scarlett Johansson’s out-of-this-world character in Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin”, based on the book by Michael Faber. Frankly, advance word of the film’s rather episodic, wandering ways just means the movie is a too-faithful adaptation of the Faber book, which was pretty episodic and wandering. Or at least, it was for the first 60-70 or so pages I managed to get through. Here’s an extended trailer for “Under The Skin”, in which ScarJo plays an alien seductress who prowls the streets, alleyways, and highways of Scotland looking for willing victims. (And yes, they are apparently very willing. Suckers!) She then, we presume, has her way with them. Or does something to them that involves them never being seen again. Frankly, I’m not sure. Hopefully they all went with a smile. “Under the Skin” also stars Krystof Hádek, Paul Brannigan,...
- 9/22/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Under the Skin Trailer. Jonathan Glazer‘s Under the Skin (2013) teaser trailer stars Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Krystof Hádek, Jessica Mance, and Scott Dymond. Under the Skin‘s plot synopsis: “In search of loners, Laura (Scarlett Johansson) drives around the exquisitely moody landscapes of the Scottish highlands. She’s an [...]
Continue reading: Under The Skin (2013) Teaser Trailer: Scarlett Johansson’s Alien Film...
Continue reading: Under The Skin (2013) Teaser Trailer: Scarlett Johansson’s Alien Film...
- 9/2/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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