Films

Under the Skin

Film Info

UK 2013 | 108 min. Director: Jonathan Glazer

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Under the Skin

Synopsis

An alien entity inhabits the earthly forms of a seductive young woman who combs the Scottish highways in search of the human prey it is here to plunder. It lures its isolated and forsaken male victims into an otherworldly dimension where they are stripped and consumed. But life in all its complexity starts to change the alien. It begins to see itself as 'she', as human, with tragic and terrifying consequences. UNDER THE SKIN is about seeing ourselves through alien eyes.

Cast & Crew

Director

Jonathan Glazer
Producer

Nick Wechsler, James Wilson
Screenwriter

Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer
Director of photography

Daniel Landin
Main Cast

Scarlett Johansson
Editor (Cut)

Paul Watts
Sound

Johnnie Burn
Original Score

Mica Levi
Production Design

Chris Oddy
Costume Design

Steve Noble

Director's comment

I remember the first time I saw the image of this planet as photographed by man. The life-giving glow of earth held like an only child in the black eternal void.
That Godlike perspective defines us as a species that is transcending its physical limitations. In that image both our power and our fragility come into sharp focus.
It is a very alluring vision. As I began to imagine this film, I pictured an alien seeing this.