Composer

Mica Levi

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26 min: in total

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Jackie

Pablo Larraín · 2016

Jackie (2016) follows Jacqueline Kennedy in the week after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, framed by a Life magazine interview at Hyannis Port. Directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Natalie Portman, it focuses on her psychological navigation of grief, legacy, and public performance — not as a biographical survey, but as a study in containment. Stéphane Fontaine’s cinematography, Mica Levi’s score, and Sebastián Sepúlveda’s editing sustain a tense, intimate atmosphere. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress for Portman.

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Under the Skin

Jonathan Glazer · 2013

Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 film adapts Michel Faber’s novel into a stark, sensory-driven study of alien perception. Scarlett Johansson plays an extraterrestrial who preys on men across Scotland, filmed with hidden cameras and minimal dialogue. Dan Landin’s cinematography, Mica Levi’s dissonant score and Paul Watts’ restrained editing sustain a consistent, disorienting viewpoint. The film prioritises texture and duration over exposition, generating unease through omission rather than shock. Acclaimed for its formal rigour, it remains deliberately ambiguous about motive, origin and outcome.