Synopsis
Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
2004 Directed by Gregg Araki
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Brady Corbet Michelle Trachtenberg Jeffrey Licon Mary Lynn Rajskub Elisabeth Shue Chase Ellison George Webster Rachael Nastassja Kraft Lisa Long Chris Mulkey David Lee Smith Bill Sage Riley McGuire Ryan Stenzel Richard Riehle Larry Marko Clover Bruno Alexander Forrest Fountain Zane Huett Reedy Gibbs David Alan Graf John Ganun Billy Drago Kelly Kruger Pete Kasper Joan Blair Trieste Kelly Dunn Show All…
Загадочная кожа, Mysterious Skin - Unter die Haut, 神秘肌膚, Oscura inocencia (Piel misteriosa)
This movie is beautiful, captivating, fascinating, moving, powerful and an absolute masterpiece.
And I will never watch it again.
So violent and so innocent. I honestly can’t remember if Araki had this many shots of characters looking directly into the camera in his other work but that choice is working stronger than ever here. What I really appreciate about this is how he’s capturing the manipulation in all forms of abuse. His use of shoegaze also does so much as far as romanticizing not these specific events but adolescence. I just felt very close to Neil by the end, as though I was one of those little moons orbiting around him. I'll never forget about this movie.
“I wished with all my heart that we could just leave this world behind, rise like two angels in the night and magically disappear”
Hey everyone, this is likely the most personal review I’ll ever write, and one of the toughest reviews I’ve ever written and shared with people. I’m going to share something that I’ve never shared with anyone, how I am inextricably linked to this film.
When I was a child, I was sexually abused. I don’t have a lot of recollection of the event since I was only 5 or 6, but it very much so happened and this film has brought up memories that I’ve been repressing for so long. The first time I saw this, I related so much to one of the main characters, Brian, and I didn’t understand why, until these memories resurfaced shortly after watching.
When…
I am sitting her shaking and shivering, crying. I don't think I can sleep tonight. I am stunned and shocked. TWO BOYS. ONE CAN’T REMEMBER. THE OTHER CAN’T FORGET.
Mysterious Skin crushed me into pieces, broke me. JGL gives one of his best performance here. The final 10 minutes....
I like most of how it is shot: close, intimate and uncomfortable. It’s unflinching attempt to accurately depict the horrors of the subject matter, and the psychological results it can have on a person, are noble to say the least. However the majority of performances (especially from every child actor) are tremendously awkward and mostly unconvincing, with the talented actors being hindered by the corny on the nose dialogue. There are a couple of solid, well executed dramatic scenes that I thought worked well. Unfortunately for me though, the hokey writing and mixed acting really pulled down what could have been a pretty powerful story.
It’s not surprising that the film was edited on final cut, it’s not particularly cinematic,…
JGL gives one of the most underrated performances possibly ever in this film.