Beneath the Skin (1981)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed by Cecilia Condit

Runtime: 11 minutes 31 seconds 

Comments

 

This is an art film with the storyteller narrating a real-life murder story based on her personal experience. This is not my sort of a film and would probably appeal to film students of the period, but it has a lot of fans, even today. On the positive side I found that I couldn't switch it off until it was over. The song in the latter half of the film was in keeping with the weird style the storyteller chose to use. If you like modern art in its more traditional form, then this one may appeal to you. Cecilia Condit has uploaded this and other films to YouTube. Have a look for yourself.

Bubba Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born: 28 February 1945, Orange, Texas, USA

Died: 3 August 2011, Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

 

Selected Filmography

 

Escape from DS-3 (1981)

Stroker Ace (1983)

Police Academy (1984) 

Black Moon Rising (1986)

Escape from DS-3 (1981)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directed by Robert Emenegger and Allan Sandler

 

 

Rating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

 

I started watching this film with low expectations based on various reviews and scores given by others. Although this was not by any means a good film, it was interesting to watch from the point of view of a guerilla film maker and how low the budget must have been. The plot was basic, the locations were sparse, the effects were simple and the acting was just about adequate, but I still managed to enjoy it for what it was. This is definitely down to my taste for the low budget movies. There are much worse films out there.

 

 

Cast

 

Jackson Bostwick as Andrew Lavette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cameron Mitchell Jr. as Jesse Michaels (Credited as Channing Mitchell)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bubba Smith as MacKenzie 'Mac' Gwynn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Chandler as Kim Lang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Howard Dayton as Victor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Gregory as Paul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Cornthwaite as The Art Teacher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Danny Murphy as Sammy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Wiley as DS-3 Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Washington as DS-3 Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Della Sorte

Garnett Smith

Christopher Cary

John MacBride

Jim Boeke

Roger Starks

 

 

 

List of Films Watched - 1981

This is an alphabetical list of films I've watched and the score I gave them out of 10 after the first viewing. Scores are based purely on entertainment value or more specifically how much they entertained me at the time of watching. There is a possibility that I may have forgotten a film or two that I watched years ago. These will be added when I remember again. My target is to watch 300 feature films and 300 short films from this year. Only the films that fit this blog will have their own separate entry.

1981

1. An American Werewolf in London
2. Americana
   
3. Arthur 
4. Blow Out
   
5. Body Heat 
6. The Cannonball Run
   
7. Chariots of Fire
   
8. Clash of the Titans 
9. Death Hunt
   
10. Dragonslayer
11. Escape from DS-3 - 5
12. Escape from New York 
13. Escape to Victory
    
14. The Evil Dead
15. Excalibur 
16. For Your Eyes Only
    
17. The Fox and the Hound
18. Gallipoli 
19. Graduation Day
    
20. Gregory's Girl
    
21. Halloween II
    
22. Mad Max 2 
23. On Golden Pond
24. Outland 
25. Pennies from Heaven
26. Ragtime
    
27. Reds
    
28. Raiders of the Lost Ark
29. S.O.B. 
30. Saturday the 14th
    
31. Scanners
32. Sharky's Machine
    
33. Southern Comfort
    
34. Stripes
35. Taps
36. Tarzan, the Ape Man 
37. Tattoo
    
38. Time Bandits 
39. Whose Life Is it Anyway?
    

 

Shorts

1. Beneath the Skin (11-minute live-action)

 

List of Films Watched - 2011

This is an alphabetical list of films I've watched and the score I gave them out of 10 after the first viewing. Scores are based purely on entertainment value or more specifically how much they entertained me at the time of watching. There is a possibility that I may have forgotten a film or two that I watched years ago. These will be added when I remember again. My target is to watch 300 feature films and 300 short films from this year. Only the films that fit this blog will have their own separate entry.

2011

1. 7Lives
   
2. 30 Minutes or Less
3. 50/50 
4. The Adventures of Tintin
5. Arthur Christmas 
6. Attack of the Herbals
   
7. Attack the Block
   
8. The Awakening
9. Bad Teacher
   
10. Battle Los Angeles
11. The Beaver
12. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    
13. The Big Year - 7
    
14. Black Pond
    
15. Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
    
16. Captain America: The First Avenger
17. Cinema Verité
    
18. Contagion - 6
    
19. Cowboys & Aliens
20. Daddy I'm a Zombie
    
21. A Dangerous Method 
22. The Darkest Hour
23. The Double
    
24. The Eagle
25. Extremely Loud Incredibly Close
26. The Family Tree
    
27. Flypaper
28. Gene Fusion
    
29. The Ghost Writer - 7
    
30. Gnomeo & Juliet
    
31. Goon 
32. The Green Hornet
    
33. Green Lantern
34. The Grey 
35. The Help
    
36. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil - 7
    
37. Hop
38. Hot Potato
    
39. Hugo
    
40. I Am Number Four
41. Johnny English Reborn 
42. Lost Christmas (TV) - 8
    
43. Margaret
44. Mars Needs Moms
    
45. The Mechanic
    
46. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 
47. A Monster in Paris
    
48. The Muppets
49. The Music Never Stopped
    
50. Panic Button
    
51. Paranormal Activity 3
    
52. Paul 
53. Priest
    
54. Puss in Boots
    
55. Rango
    
56. Real Steel
    
57. Rio
58. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
59. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 
60. Sniper: Reloaded
    
61. Source Code
    
62. Super 8
    
63. Thor 
64. Tower Heist
    
65. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
66. The Tree of Life
    
67. Tyrannosaur
68. Unknown 
69. Untouchable
    
70. War of the Dead
    
71. X-Men: First Class

 

 

 

Shorts

1. 2:20 (2-minute live-action)
2. Cardboard Warfare 2 (live-action)
   
3. CHILDREN (4-minute animation) 
4. The Coldest Caller (4-minute live-action)
5. Holding the Line (11-minute live-action)
6. The Jockstrap Raiders (19-minute animation)
7. The Last Belle (19-minute animation) 
8. Lie Detector (3-minute live-action)
9. Lock Up (live-action) 
10. The Lucky One (5-minute live-action)
11. The Maker (5-minute animation)
12. Sheep Impact (5-minute live-action) 
13. Treasure (2-minute animation)
14. Tune for Two (live-action) 
15. The Valley (13-minute live-action) 
16. What it Seems (5-minute live-action)
17. Zing (8-minute animation)

List of Films Watched - 2010

This is an alphabetical list of films I've watched and the score I gave them out of 10 after the first viewing. Scores are based purely on entertainment value or more specifically how much they entertained me at the time of watching. There is a possibility that I may have forgotten a film or two that I watched years ago. These will be added when I remember again. My target is to watch 300 feature films and 300 short films from this year. Only the films that fit this blog will have their own separate entry.

2010

1. Alice in Wonderland
2. All at Sea aka Wide Blue Yonder
   
3. Altitude - 5
   
4. Another Year
5. Answer This 
6. The Book of Eli 
7. Buried 
8. A Cat in Paris
   
9. Clash of the Titans
10. Cop Out
11. Crazy on the Outside
12. Due Date 
13. The Expendables
14. Fortess of War
15. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
16. Inception
17. Insidious 
18. Iron Man 2
19. The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
20. Love and Other Drugs
21. The Other Guys
22. Made in Dagenham
23. Parked
24. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
25. RED
26. Reds and Blues
27. Repo Men
28. Resident Evil: Afterlife 
29. Round Ireland with a Fridge
30. The Runway
31. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
32. Shrek Forever After
33. The Sorcerer's Apprentice 
34. Stolen (TV)
35. Sympathy for Delicious
36. Tangled
37. Toy Story 3
38. Treacle Jr. 
39. Unstoppable
40. Wild Target 
41. Wreckers
42. YellowBrickRoad

Shorts

1. Arachmaninoff (5-minute animation)
2. Baby Cake
3. Big Catch (animation)
4. Daylight Saving Time (5-minute live-action)
5. Final Exit (5-minute live-action)
6. Forehead Tittaes (1-minute live-action)
7. The Happiness Salesman (14-minute live-action)
8. Invention of Love (animation)
9. Lonesome (live-action)
10. Mobile (6-minute live-action)
11. Pants (1-minute live-action) 
12. Paths of Hate (10-minute animation)
13. Ten Glorious Seconds (12-minute live-action)
    
14. The Quarry
15. The Red Balloon
16. Things You'd Better Not Mix Up (2-minute animation)
17. Tick Tock Tale (6-minute animation)
18. The Windmill Farmer (animation)
19. Working Day (3-minute live-action)

 

An Explanation of My Scoring

My score for each film is based purely on entertainment value to me. I usually score a film immediately after finishing it except where I watched the film too many years ago. Then I have to try and remember the story and how I felt at the time. I'm not a professional critic and my tastes may be vastly different from yours. Below is an idea of what I'm thinking when I give my score. 

Score - Description

 

10 - A phenomenal film for many reasons. A must see.

9 - Great. Highly recommended.

8 - Very good, very enjoyable.

7 - Good. Enjoyable.

6 - Watchable usually with good elements.

5 - Just about good enough to get something out of it.

4 - Barely watchable. Often boring or badly scripted, etc.

3 - Poor

2 - Very Poor or Bad.

1 - Very, Very Bad.

0 - WTF!. There are a few of these dotted around this blog.

List of Films Watched - 2009

This is an alphabetical list of films I've watched and the score I gave them out of 10 after the first viewing. Scores are based purely on entertainment value or more specifically how much they entertained me at the time of watching. There is a possibility that I may have forgotten a film or two that I watched years ago. These will be added when I remember again. My target is to watch 300 feature films and 300 short films from this year. Only the films that fit this blog will have their own separate entry.

2009

1. 2012 - 8
2. 3 Idiots - 10
3. 9 - 9
4. 13 Families: Life After Columbine (Documentary)
   
5. Alive Day Memories (Documentary)
   
6. Astro Boy
   
7. Avatar
8. The Boat That Rocked
   
9. Brothers at War (Documentary)
10. Charlie & Boots
    
11. A Christmas Carol
    
12. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
    
13. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    
14. Coraline
    
15. Couples Retreat
16. Crazy Heart
    
17. The Crypt
18. The Damned United
19. Daybreakers
    
20. District 9
21. Down Terrace
    
22. Eyeborgs 
23. Fantastic Mr. Fox
24. First Squad: The Moment of Truth
    
25. G-Force
    
26. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
27. Get Low
    
28. Happy Tears 
29. Harry Brown
    
30. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
    
31. High Lane - 5
32. Holy Water aka Hard Times - 4
33. I Love You, Phillip Morris
34. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 
35. The Informant!
    
36. Inglorious Basterds
    
37. John Rabe 
38. Killer Bean Forever
    
39. Knowing
    
40. Land of the Lost
41. Legion
    
42. Looking for Eric - 7
    
43. Management
    
44. Mary & Max
    
45. Monsters vs. Aliens
    
46. Moon
47. My Dog Tulip
    
48. My Last Five Girlfriends
    
49. Night at the Museum 2
50. Observe and Report 
51. Old Dogs
52. Passenger Side
    
53. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 
54. Planet 51
    
55. The Princess and the Frog 
56. The Proposal
    
57. Public Enemies
    
58. The Road
59. Sherlock Holmes
60. A Shine of Rainbows
    
61. The Soloist
62. State of Play
63. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
64. Timer
    
65. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
66. Up 
67. Where the Wild Things Are
    
68. Whip It
    
69. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
70. Zombieland
    

 

Shorts

 

1. 2 Scoops of Justice (2-minute animation) 
2. 3 Bears and an Empty Fridge (3-minute animation)
3. A Bottle Promise (3-minute animation)
4. All Star Celebrity Thanksgiving (2-minute animation) 
5. Alma (animation) 
6. Amourette (6-minute animation)
7. Apricot
8. Argyle Kabuki (2-minute animation)
9. Art Is... (2-minute animation)
10. B.O.B.'s Big Break (animation)
11. Barko (7-minute animation) 
12. Beached (15-minute live-action)
13. A Bicycle Trip (4-minute animation)
14. Blood Red Earth
15. Dodudindon (1-minute animation)
16. Get Out (animation)
17. Green (5-minute live-action) 
18. A Grim Task (5-minute live-action)
19. Hopper's Fortune (2-minute live-action)
20. Incident by a Bank
21. The Land Eaters (3-minute live-action)
22. Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
23. Partly Cloudy (animation)
24. Prep and Landing (animation)
25. A Squid Like Me (1-minute animation)
26. Teleportal (3-minute live-action)
27. Touch the Ash

 

 

 

List of Films Watched - 2008

This is an alphabetical list of films I've watched and the score I gave them out of 10 after the first viewing. Scores are based purely on entertainment value or more specifically how much they entertained me at the time of watching. There is a possibility that I may have forgotten a film or two that I watched years ago. These will be added when I remember again. My target is to watch 300 feature films and 300 short films from this year. Only the films that fit this blog will have their own separate entry.

2008

1. 10,000 BC
2. Appaloosa
3. The Black Balloon
   
4. Bolt
5. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
   
6. Burn After Reading
7. Cloverfield
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
9. Dance of the Dead
10. The Dark Knight
    
11. Day of the Dead
12. Dragon Hunters
    
13. Drillbit Taylor
14. Fly Me to the Moon
    
15. Hancock
16. Hellboy II: The Golden Army 
17. Hero Wanted
    
18. Horton Hears a Who!
19. Humboldt County
    
20. The Hurt Locker
21. Igor 
22. In Bruges
    
23. The Incredible Hulk 
24. Inkheart
    
25. Iron Man 
26. Journey to the Centre of the Earth
    
27. Jumper
28. Lakeview Terrace
29. Left Bank
    
30. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
    
31. Mind Flesh
32. Miracle at St. Anna
33. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
    
34. The Missing Lynx
    
35. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
36. New Town Killers
    
37. The Oxford Murders
    
38. Parasol Island Dead
39. Passchendaele
    
40. Pineapple Express
    
41. Red
42. RocknRolla
43. The Secret of Moonacre
44. Soul Men
    
45. Space Chimps
    
46. Speed Racer 
47. Spring 1941
    
48. Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
49. Strange Wilderness 
50. Summer
    
51. The Tale of Despereaux
52. Terribly Happy
    
53. Valkyrie
    
54. WALL-E
    
55. Winter in Wartime
56. The Wrecking Crew (Documentary)
    

 

Shorts

 

1. 5 Bricks High (1-minute live-action)
2. Abridged (3-minute animation)
3. Alienated (2-minute live-action)
4. Birdstrike (6-minute animation)
5. Bitch (4-minute live-action)
6. Elevator Music 
7. Excision (18-minute live-action)
8. Festa
9. Doors
10. Excision (18-minute live-action)
11. Gone Fishing (13-minute live-action)
12. Hokus-Pokus (4-minute animation)
13. Instinct (2-minute live-action)
14. It's a Trap (2-minute live-action)
15. Khoda (5-minute animation)
16. Little Dinosaurs (1-minute live-action)
17. Mama 
18. Marry Me
19. Next Victim
20. Orange and Pear (1-minute animation)
21. Out of Order 
22. Scour (1-minute live-action)
23. A Short Love Story in Stop Motion
24. Signs (12-minute live-action)
25. Tsuribashi(3-minute animation)
26. Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (25-minute animation)

 

 

 

 

List of Films Watched - 2007

This is an alphabetical list of films I've watched and the score I gave them out of 10 after the first viewing. Scores are based purely on entertainment value or more specifically how much they entertained me at the time of watching. There is a possibility that I may have forgotten a film or two that I watched years ago. These will be added when I remember again. My target is to watch 300 feature films and 300 short films from this year. Only the films that fit this blog will have their own separate entry.

2007

1. 28 Weeks Later
2. 1408 
3. An American Crime
   
4. August Rush 
5. Battle for Terra
   
6. Bee Movie 
7. Big Stan
   
8. Black Irish
   
9. Blades of Glory
10. Breach
    
11. The Bucket List
    
12. The Camden 28 - 6
    
13. Charlie Wilson's War
14. Dan in Real Life
    
15. Death at a Funeral
    
16. Diary of the Dead
17. Eastern Promises
    
18. Enchanted 
19. Evan Almighty
20. Firehouse Dog
    
21. Flight of the Living Dead
22. Fracture 
23. Fred Claus
    
24. The Golden Compass
    
25. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    
26. Hindenburg
27. Honeydripper
    
28. Hot Fuzz
    
29. I Am Legend
30. Juno
    
31. Kabluey
32. The Last Mimzy
33. Meet the Robinsons 
34. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    
35. No Country for Old Men
36. The Number 23
    
37. Paranormal Activity
38. Pathfinder
    
39. Premonition
    
40. Ratatouille
41. Reign Over Me
    
42. Resident Evil: Extinction
43. Run Fatboy Run
    
44. Shooter 
45. Shrek the Third
    
46. Spider-Man 3
    
47. Stardust
48. Sunshine
    
49. Superbad
50. Train of the Dead
    
51. Transformers
    
52. The Visitor - 7
    
53. Waiting for Dublin
54. Waitress
    
55. The Water Horse
    
56. Zodiac
    

 

Shorts

 

1. A6 | A9 (3-minute live-action)
2. Absurda (2-minute live-action)
3. Your Friend the Rat (animation)

 

 

 

 

List of Films Watched - 2006

This is an alphabetical list of films I've watched and the score I gave them out of 10 after the first viewing. Scores are based purely on entertainment value or more specifically how much they entertained me at the time of watching. There is a possibility that I may have forgotten a film or two that I watched years ago. These will be added when I remember again. My target is to watch 300 feature films and 300 short films from this year. Only the films that fit this blog will have their own separate entry.

2006

1. 16 Blocks
2. The Art of Negative Thinking
   
3. Arthur and the Invisibles
   
4. Asterix and the Vikings
   
5. The Astronaut Farmer
   
6. The Benchwarmers
   
7. Black Book 
8. Black Sheep
   
9. The Bridge (Documentary)
10. Cars 
11. Charlotte's Web
    
12. Children of Men
13. City of Rott
    
14. The Da Vinci Code
15. Dark Storm
    
16. Deja vu
17. Driving Lessons
    
18. The Departed 
19. Everything's Gone Green
    
20. Fido
    
21. Final Destination 3
22. Firewall
    
23. Flags of Our Fathers
24. Flushed Away 
25. Flyboys
26. The Flying Scotsman
27. Free Jimmy
    
28. Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 
29. Happily N'Ever After
    
30. The History Boys 
31. Housewife 49 (TV)
    
32. Ice Age: The Meltdown
    
33. The Illusionist 
34. An Inconvenient Truth (Documentary)
    
35. Inside Man 
36. Irish Jam
    
37. John Tucker Must Die
38. Lady in the Water
39. The Last Drop
    
40. Letters from Iwo Jima
    
41. Little Miss Sunshine
42. Monster House 
43. My Imaginary Friend Lars Stevens
    
44. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
    
45. Nacho Libre
    
46. Night at the Museum
47. The Night Listener
    
48. Open Season
    
49. Over the Hedge
    
50. Pan's Labyrinth 
51. Poseidon 
52. The Prestige
    
53. The Queen
54. The Return
    
55. Rocky Balboa
56. Running with Scissors
    
57. RV: Runaway Vacation
58. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    
59. Scoop
60. The Secret (V)(Documentary)
    
61. Severance
    
62. The Shaggy Dog
63. Sixty-Six
    
64. Stranger Than Fiction
65. This Is England 
66. The Ugly Duckling and Me!
    
67. We Are Marshall
68. World Trade Center
    
69. X-Men: The Last Stand 
70. The Zombie Diaries
    

 

Shorts

 

1. Faeries of Blackheath Woods (4-minute live-action)
2. A Gentleman's Duel (animation)
3. Gift (12-minute live-action)
4. Imaginary Friend (26-minute live-action)
5. My Imaginary Friend Lars Stevens (11-minute live-action)
6. Occupied (3-minute live-action)
7. One Man Band (animation)
8. One Rat Short (animation)
9. Scummy Man (live-action)
10. Tokyo Mater (animation)