Under The Skin - Analysis

Under the skin.

The film "under the skin" is a science fiction based film, it was first made in 2013 and is mainly focused on the female protagonist all the way through who is played by Scarlett Johansson. Under the skin is supposed to make the audience confused and it doesnt give the answers to the questions your asking.

The first half of the film is made up almost entirely of the Female,driving around and picking up guys who she is careful to determine will not be missed. She then takes them to a house under the pretext of seduction. They are led into a room where she slowly undresses as she walks backwards. They walk toward her, but slowly sink into the floor where they eventually caught in a kind of gel. This is all done without emotion not even a hint of sadness.

However, half way through the film she comes across a man who has facial deformities. She starts off as normal, convincing him to get into her car, leading him on saying all the right things to make him think they are going to have sex. Although when they actually get to the house you can see a clear difference in the connection between them. They are Physically closer together and this is the one scene where she is completely naked with one of the men. She lets him off and is clearly scared by the experienced she has with him. 

After this interaction with this deformed man. She tries to be like a normal human and do what normal people do. Such as eating, drinking and having sex. this part of the film is the first time she ever does any of these. Ultimately no matter how hard she tried she was not able to do them, and this ended pretty badly for her, as we finally get to see what is under the skin.