Under the Skin (film)

Under the Skin (United Kingdom, 2013) 
Direction: Jonathan Glazer 

Director Jonathan Glazer made headlines recently with his film The Zone of Interest. A reason for Poetry International to go back in time to his other very impressive book adaptation, Under the Skin. The film, which in the meantime has become a classic with cult status, based on the eerie novel of the same name by Michel Faber, became in Glazers hands something between a documentary, horror, experiment and even something of a love story. Scarlett Johansson is an alien who picks up men in Glasgow and the Scottish countryside. They disappear, never to return. It makes Under the Skin, although not truly cruel, strange to look at, a unique viewing experience which also functions as a contemplation on our species, full of desire and, at the same time, reluctance.   

The film will be briefly introduced by Gerlinda Heywegen, Poetry International film programmer.

Gerlinda Heywegen is a film scholar and speaks about films for film exhibitors and festivals in the Netherlands and writes about it for Elders literary magazine, the website of Netherlands Society of Cinematographers and Schokkend Nieuws. Among other things, she published her book The Other Director, about directors of photography, and co-wrote Passie voor cinema. She is also a film programmer for various festivals such as Film by the Sea, International Film Festival Assen and Poetry International. 

Her own organization is called Koning Film, which offers film specials and offers a collection of talented speakers on film.