(Jonathon
Glazer/2013/UK)
Adapted
from Michel Faber’s novel of the same name this beautifully low key
film posits the question “What am I?” through the experience of
an alien life form on the hunt for human men with sinister intent.
Luring them to a rundown house using feminine sexuality, the alien,
played brilliantly by Scarlet Johansson, begins to question who it
actually is. We eventually discover that it has been playing
the part of a female and it absconds from its mission due to
increasingly identifying with the body of the woman it poses as. The
theme transcends a simple sci-fi tale of a rogue incognito alien who
has to be dealt with by its superiors and begins to query the
machinations of sexuality and gender and the malleability of the two.
It is set on the streets of Glasgow with real hidden
camera captured interactions between Johansson and random men.
Beautifully shot with a haunting score from Mica Levi this is a stone
cold classic that will have you reeling by the end and musing on what
you’ve watched for ages after.
(4.5/5)
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