Whether you look at it or not is your business, how to shoot is my business

Adonis 2022-03-21 09:01:49

A bizarre exploration of sci-fi themes in the field of art films is a cold Scottish street, a beautiful woman dressed in fur, driving a van that is very out of tune with her body, cruising around. She kept asking the young man for directions and talking. If the other party is interested, she will invite the man home. Entering the room, they walked into the darkness together, and there was a dark and boundless mirror under their feet, only reflecting the reflections of the two of them. She walked with enchanting dance-like steps, and the man she followed did not know that he was about to be drained of flesh and blood, turning into a silky smooth skin, swaying and dancing in the darkness. What is an art film, there are many definitions. One of the most down-to-earth films I've ever seen: films that don't please the audience, are art films. Stephen Chow also said: Art is very subjective. In the matter of not pleasing the audience, this film can be said to have put a lot of effort into it. The first dialogue did not appear until the 13th minute of the movie, and the heroine was still doing the same thing at the 50th minute. The only thing that worries the audience is a crying baby left alone on the beach after his parents were killed, but the movie doesn't explain his whereabouts. Abstract imagery, slow rhythm, minimal dialogue, obscure character motives. There is also that kind of rusty iron friction, weird and messy music, which is all in the viewing experience of the challenger audience. Even so, the film is still a very pioneering film. He was ahead of his time, just like Space Odyssey 2001. The titles of the two films have the same purpose, the whole film is deep and mysterious. It's just that "2001" is an extroverted thinking facing the entire universe, while this film is an alien perspective, a reverse prying into the depths of people's hearts

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Extended Reading
  • Albina 2021-11-29 08:01:21

    Appreciate the angle of starting this piece. Interesting, low-key, cold and simple, metaphors a paradoxical relationship between body and emotion. The body is the weapon of conquest and the emotion makes oneself completely vulnerable. It would be better if it could be sharper and decisive. Only after I have been in the industry did I know that now this kind of movie that is neither literary and crooked to make people's chest tight, but also not stupid as a popcorn condiment, it is really difficult to find a living space. One of the annual recommendations.

  • Clarissa 2021-11-29 08:01:21

    Movies that can hold curiosity are good ones. I think even if I want to watch Scarlett walk around for 100 minutes without expression. Of course, it’s best to get naked-and appreciate the physiological reactions of men along the way...

Under the Skin quotes

  • [first lines]

    Female Voice: [with a mechanical buzz over shadowy morphing orbs] T- D, S- Z- Th, B- T- V, H- T- D- K- G, S- Z- P- B, Ba-Ba- T- T, K- Kuh- Ch, Th- V- Th, Zzz- Sss- Bzz- Ch, B-B-Buh- V-V-Vuh, G-G-Guh D-D-Duh.

    Female Voice: [now over a shiney white torus, slowly morphing] B-B-Buh- B-B-Buh, B-B-Beh, B-B-Beh, Bah, N-N-Nuh- N-N-Nuh, N-N-Nuh- No. N-N-Nuh, F- Feel- Field, Fill- Filled- Filts, Foil- Failed- Fell, Felds- Pill- Pills, Pall- Nall.

    Female Voice: [now over a watery chestnut-brown eye] Foal- Foals, Fold- Fold, Pool- Pool, Sell- Se...

  • Female: You're not from here? Where are you from?

    Camper: I'm from Czech Republic.

    Female: Why are you in Scotland?

    Camper: I just... wanted to get away from it all.

    Female: Yeah? Why here?

    Camper: Because it's... It's nowhere.