Scarlett Johannson: 'Falling Down,' A compact video synopsis

| 11 Nov 2014 | 01:59

    :01-:40 Scarlett Johannson rides the bus and blows bubbles with her gum and wears knit caps just like everyone else.

    :41-:53 Scar Jo sleeps, and dreams of one of those flailing, blow-up used car lot attention getters, she also dreams of an insect and some dude’s face for a split second

    :56-1:42 Scar Jo at makeup, getting ready for photo shoot. They have to cover up her sweet arm tat, and they poke and prod to get her ready. Who knew that the process of making someone beautiful looked so ugly?

    1:42-229 A quick clip of the dream insect tells us that Scar Jo’s photo shoot is a go. She’s all glammed out, and there’s so much happening that it seems like the film is sped up and the camera work is jittery. Scar Jo is in the zone, but in shots of the crew hovering around the set it almost seems—and here’s the part that really gets to me—like the shoot is no big deal.

    2:30-2:46 A second of repose in a different outfit reminds Scarlett Johannsen of a child actor playing Scarlett Johannsen thinking about growing up and being Scarlett Johannsen.

    2:47-3:00 She’s on a plane. No: She’s on a bus with the knit cap again; No: She’s on a bus to LAX; No, wait: sShe’s on speed having a rave in the back of her car with a BlackBerry.

    3:01-3:23 Still on speed, Scar Jo brushes her teeth… thoroughly, and heads to bed, where she dreams of being on a bus, having Salman Rushdie whisper in her ear, and an ocelot.

    3:24 Up and at ‘em! Scar Jo makes her way out of the hotel to the SUV with security. She hugs people. Someone gives her flowers, it is not clear why. In the SUV leaving she smiles. The window rolls up, she sighs deeply, and heads off.