Under the skin stuff
Under the Skin is a movie released in 2013, starring Scarlett Johansson. It is directed by Jonathan Glazer and fits under the drama genre. The movie had a budget of 13 million dollars and produced a box office of 7.2 million dollars.
There are many talking points surrounding the movie, including the question 'what does it mean to be human?'. There are dark themes in the movie surrounding murder and sexual violence. These link to predators and victims. In the latter stages of the movie, the protagonist character who is played by Scarlett Johansson begins to show human traits and finally show signs of human life. She runs through the woods to escape a man she earlier met, only to be forced into a sexual assault scenario. As an alien, the situation confuses her, so it is interesting that the character still instinctively struggles and tries to escape the situation despite having little experience of knowledge around this.
We also learn about empathy and kindness from the movie. Throughout the whole film, the woman is reeling men into a strange house to let them sink into the floor and kill them. She clearly shows no empathy here and always has a straight face and seems like a robot in the way she moves and talks. However, this evidently changes when she lets a man with facial disabilities escape. This is the turning point of the movie because she begins to show human traits from here on.
The film explores sexuality too. The woman must have some knowledge of humans prior to beginning her task, because she only ever attempts to kidnap men. The majority of the human race are straight, but it would have been interesting to see how the woman would have reacted if one of her targets (a woman) was gay, and to see if she would follow through with the same approach.
The woman clearly has a different approach to beauty and appearance too. Assuming the fact that she isn't from this world, she is not under the same stupid illusion that everyone has been forced into subconsciously believing about beauty. Typical beautiful people have a certain look or a certain tone of voice or a certain job, as it is portrayed by film and the media. This is why it would seem strange that someone with the looks of Scarlett Johansson would flirt with the character in the film with neurofibromatosis. It highlights the evil of humanity in a depressing way.
The same scene links to the concept of loneliness. The man is clearly very lonely and even says himself that he has never had a girlfriend. The woman shows some empathy when she realises that the man is lonely and even lets him touch her face. This is different to the general way she usually kidnaps men. Although this is still ultimately part of her plan, she is giving him special treatment here.
The women clearly finds comfort in the vehicle that she drives around in. She looks composed and in her element there. As soon as she steps out of that environment, as she did as the film progressed, she looked inhuman to everything. For example, when she goes on the bus, she looks very awkward. A simple everyday activity that would seem impossible to not do correctly somehow goes wrong for the woman.
There are many talking points surrounding the movie, including the question 'what does it mean to be human?'. There are dark themes in the movie surrounding murder and sexual violence. These link to predators and victims. In the latter stages of the movie, the protagonist character who is played by Scarlett Johansson begins to show human traits and finally show signs of human life. She runs through the woods to escape a man she earlier met, only to be forced into a sexual assault scenario. As an alien, the situation confuses her, so it is interesting that the character still instinctively struggles and tries to escape the situation despite having little experience of knowledge around this.
We also learn about empathy and kindness from the movie. Throughout the whole film, the woman is reeling men into a strange house to let them sink into the floor and kill them. She clearly shows no empathy here and always has a straight face and seems like a robot in the way she moves and talks. However, this evidently changes when she lets a man with facial disabilities escape. This is the turning point of the movie because she begins to show human traits from here on.
The film explores sexuality too. The woman must have some knowledge of humans prior to beginning her task, because she only ever attempts to kidnap men. The majority of the human race are straight, but it would have been interesting to see how the woman would have reacted if one of her targets (a woman) was gay, and to see if she would follow through with the same approach.
The women clearly finds comfort in the vehicle that she drives around in. She looks composed and in her element there. As soon as she steps out of that environment, as she did as the film progressed, she looked inhuman to everything. For example, when she goes on the bus, she looks very awkward. A simple everyday activity that would seem impossible to not do correctly somehow goes wrong for the woman.
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