CINEMA

The Operative in 12 Years a Slave

POSTED BY: SECOND
UPDATED: Thursday, April 10, 2014 20:12
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 3062
PAGE 1 of 1

Friday, October 18, 2013 4:28 PM

SECOND

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly


The review mentions Serenity.
"Ejiofor has given notable performances in the past (Dirty Pretty Things, Serenity, Talk to Me), but this is by far his most essential role to date. Stoic, watchful, compromising himself just enough to stay alive, he is the point of stillness and decency around which spin the madnesses of the film. One scene seems almost to literalize this proposition, as Northup, saved from a lynching but with the noose still tight around his neck, stands, choking, on tiptoe for hours as the life of the plantation goes on all around, no one daring to untie him.

. . . 12 Years a Slave is likely the most painful, clear-eyed feature ever made about American slavery. In that light, it almost seems faint praise to add that it will likely also prove to be the best film of the year." www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/the-searing-visceral
-em-12-years-a-slave-em/280672
/

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:12 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Just watched it, largely due to Chewy and Sarah Paulson being in it. Not sure if this is their first film together since Serenity, Sarah has been busy since then.
I had not known that Garret Dillahunt (?sp?) was in it, after he was the principal foe in Summer's starring series.

NOTIFY: Y   |  REPLY  |  REPLY WITH QUOTE  |  TOP  |  HOME  

YOUR OPTIONS

NEW POSTS TODAY

USERPOST DATE

OTHER TOPICS

DISCUSSIONS
"Did a black person write this? There's no way!"
Thu, March 28, 2024 23:53 - 22 posts
Science Fiction Films Which Do Not Cause Siezures.
Thu, March 28, 2024 17:19 - 30 posts
**** Cabrini
Thu, March 28, 2024 14:49 - 4 posts
The Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Failure Thread
Thu, March 28, 2024 07:06 - 31 posts
The Roadhouse Remake was good
Tue, March 26, 2024 12:11 - 5 posts
Civil War. Probably not the best movie to release in current year, but it does look pretty entertaining...
Mon, March 25, 2024 02:07 - 1 posts
The Madame Web Failure Thread (And the Success of Dune: Part 2 Thread)
Mon, March 25, 2024 01:56 - 100 posts
Disney finally realizes that it was making movies for nobody
Sat, March 16, 2024 14:41 - 4 posts
Hollywood's Abysmal 2023 in Numbers
Sat, March 16, 2024 12:35 - 243 posts
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Thu, March 14, 2024 09:44 - 1 posts
Borderlands
Fri, March 8, 2024 20:40 - 1 posts
Dune remake! it was a series of Books then a movie then a show by Skiffy Syfy channel, big Official blockbuster Trailer
Fri, March 8, 2024 08:58 - 11 posts

FFF.NET SOCIAL