Tuesday, April 1, 2014

MOVIE OF THE MONTH: APRIL 2014


Director    : Jonathan Glazer
Based on  : Under the Skin
Written by: Michel Faber
Music       : Mica Levi
Camera     : Daniel Landin
Releasing  : 4 April 2014
Running    : 107 minutes

Under the Skin is a 2013 British-American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Glazer. Produced by James Wilson and Nick Wechsler, it was written by Glazer and Walter Campbell as an adaptation of Michel Faber's 2000 novel of the same name. The film stars Scarlett Johansson as an alien who preys on men in Scotland.

In Scotland, an alien takes the body of an attractive young woman and travels the country in a van picking up men. As she lures her victims into sex, the men are trapped in a kind of preserving liquid and their organs are harvested. She is monitored by another alien, who has the body of a male motorcyclist.


When she seduces a lonely and sexually inexperienced man who has neurofibromatosis disfigurement, she takes pity on him and allows him to escape. The man is tracked and killed by the motorcyclist, who sets out in pursuit of the alien woman across Scotland.

Under the Skin premiered on 29 August 2013 at the Telluride Film Festival. It later played in competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. The film was also screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2014 and will be released in the United States on 4 April 2014.

Movie Website: http://undertheskinmovie.com


Review Courtesy: www.wikipedia.com

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