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Under the Skin (2013)

Film
DirectorJonathan Glazer
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Figures

Characters
  • The alien protagonist's detached visual perspective
Locations
Form & technique
  • The film's musical score by Mica Levi
  • The film's narrative and formal departure from Michel Faber's novel
  • The final scene where the alien's true form is revealed → The Abject
Tropes
  • The "black goo" void scenes where men are consumed
  • The alien's experience of inhabiting a human body
  • The abstract black void where bodies are deconstructed
  • The use of hidden cameras and non-professional actors

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