On my flight back from Singapore, half asleep and with darkness and slumber all around me, I watched the last Jonathan Glazer film UNDER THE SKIN.
It was a truly odd and unsettling view, and I honestly cannot remember the last time a star with the profile of Scarlett Johansson did something even remotely as avant-garde or leftfield. A brave choice of roles and a remarkable performance.
Still not quite sure I'd say I 'enjoyed' the film, but I've certainly never really seen anything like it. Part Dune transposed to the gritty Scottish back streets, part reverse serial killer flick, part 2001 referencing sci-fi, part parable and rumination on the nature of human lust. And the whole very much bigger than those composites might suggest.
Anyone else seen it?
And any other contenders for mega-star-takes-mental-role awards?
It was a truly odd and unsettling view, and I honestly cannot remember the last time a star with the profile of Scarlett Johansson did something even remotely as avant-garde or leftfield. A brave choice of roles and a remarkable performance.
Still not quite sure I'd say I 'enjoyed' the film, but I've certainly never really seen anything like it. Part Dune transposed to the gritty Scottish back streets, part reverse serial killer flick, part 2001 referencing sci-fi, part parable and rumination on the nature of human lust. And the whole very much bigger than those composites might suggest.
Anyone else seen it?
And any other contenders for mega-star-takes-mental-role awards?
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