Another 'Under the Skin' trailer: Scarlett Johansson is one sexy alien

'Under the Skin' trailer: Scarlett Johansson is one sexy alien

From the Jonathan Glazer book of directing tips: (1) always show people doing perfectly ordinary stuff with spooky music in the background; (2) don't worry about connections between scenes - that's the audience's job; (3) do not show any action - show instead some possibilities of what MIGHT happen, then cut away.

It's fun - you can even write your own.

Example

Scene 1: Guy goes to Home Depot, browses through the bathroom tile department - with really spooky music in the background.

Scene 2: Completely different, wholesome young guy parallel parks his car - with really spooky etc. The guy from Home Depot watches him expressionlessly.

Scene 3: Mom drops off her toddler at pre-school - with really spooky etc. The wholesome young guy is slipping coins into a nearby parking meter. The mom spots him, and steps on the gas pedal.

Scene 4: Kids play volleyball on the beach - with really spooky ... you get the idea. The guy from Home Depot watches them expressionlessly.

Scene 5: The mom from scene three - now with an unexplained black eye - plays Mah-Jongg with her friends. Oprah plays on a TV in the background. We can hear the general sound of their conversation and the general sound of The Oprah Show, but we can't make out any specific phrases because of the spooky background music.

Scene 6: The same woman, now looking about seventy years old - works in her garden - with EXTRA spooky music in the background as the young guy from scene two, now looking elderly, is seen in the background, driving his riding mower in her general direction. Cut back and forth between him approaching and her innocently tending her flowers, making the music ever louder and spookier, until ...

Scene 7: The Home Depot guy stares at the camera without blinking. End credits run over his face.

Now cut in some random Christina Hendricks nude scenes (Scarlett Johansson may not always be available, but you need plenty of curves), et voila: pick up your Palme d'Or!