12 Years A Slave, new film by Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rMpDUYzLgzY

omgomgomg this looks too good. DAT CAST + Steve McQueen *bows*

Looks like the studio is trying to make it look like Oscar bait when in reality it (hopefully) has more going for it.sammyjenkis898

looks meh. probably won't go out of my way to watch.

Looks alright, has a solid cast and doesn't make a complete mockery of slavery like Django ( a film I enjoy).

lol, i thought they had already cranked out a movie about those girls in ohio.

lol looks like another garbage anti white movie.. news flash: blacks sold their own people as slaves and white people have also been enslaved. get over it

lol looks like another garbage anti white movie.. news flash: blacks sold their own people as slaves and white people have also been enslaved. get over it

Flubbbs

lol looks like another garbage anti white movie.. news flash: blacks sold their own people as slaves and white people have also been enslaved. get over itFlubbbs

Using the overused premise of slavery, again.lo_Pine

Looks like McQueen will no longer be a hypocrite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4ytB4z-WE

Looks like McQueen will no longer be a hypocrite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4ytB4z-WE

DharmaMember77

...he has previously directed two films. And one of them was a TRUE STORY based on a WHITE Irish IRA member. So yeah, not casting that ONE other film with a black actor totally makes him a hypocrite... 

It's a film directed by Steve McQueen so I shall watch it. But this time out he's using a screenplay by John Ridley (Red Tails) so I have some mild reservations. 

It's a film directed by Steve McQueen so I shall watch it. But this time out he's using a screenplay by John Ridley (Red Tails) so I have some mild reservations. 

Lord_Daemon

[QUOTE="Lord_Daemon"]

It's a film directed by Steve McQueen so I shall watch it. But this time out he's using a screenplay by John Ridley (Red Tails) so I have some mild reservations. 

Capitan_Kid

As long as you enjoyed it, then that's really all that matters. But there's a great majority, including myself, that felt it was not a very good film at all and so I thought it worth mentioning. 

[QUOTE="DharmaMember77"]

Looks like McQueen will no longer be a hypocrite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4ytB4z-WE

SaintLeonidas

...he has previously directed two films. And one of them was a TRUE STORY based on a WHITE Irish IRA member. So yeah, not casting that ONE other film with a black actor totally makes him a hypocrite... 

If he really felt that strongly about it and had to preach it to other directors he would have cast the lead to the film that wasn't based on any previous source material to a minority actor. 

[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"][QUOTE="Lord_Daemon"]

It's a film directed by Steve McQueen so I shall watch it. But this time out he's using a screenplay by John Ridley (Red Tails) so I have some mild reservations. 

Lord_Daemon

As long as you enjoyed it, then that's really all that matters. But there's a great majority, including myself, that felt it was not a very good film at all and so I thought it worth mentioning. 

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="DharmaMember77"]

Looks like McQueen will no longer be a hypocrite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4ytB4z-WE

DharmaMember77

...he has previously directed two films. And one of them was a TRUE STORY based on a WHITE Irish IRA member. So yeah, not casting that ONE other film with a black actor totally makes him a hypocrite... 

If he really felt that strongly about it and had to preach it to other directors he would have cast the lead to the film that wasn't based on any previous source material to a minority actor. 

[QUOTE="DharmaMember77"]

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

...he has previously directed two films. And one of them was a TRUE STORY based on a WHITE Irish IRA member. So yeah, not casting that ONE other film with a black actor totally makes him a hypocrite... 

SaintLeonidas

If he really felt that strongly about it and had to preach it to other directors he would have cast the lead to the film that wasn't based on any previous source material to a minority actor. 

He was obviously harboring some resentment against american filmmakers for not casting more minorities in lead roles which led to the awkward silence at the end of the video. Basically he shouldn't bitch about other filmmakers making white-centric films when he himself hasn't done anything to propel blacks, hispanics, and other races into the film world. Paul Feig was recently complaining about the lack of female centric films which makes sense since he actually directed two female driven movies.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"][QUOTE="DharmaMember77"]

If he really felt that strongly about it and had to preach it to other directors he would have cast the lead to the film that wasn't based on any previous source material to a minority actor. 

DharmaMember77

He was obviously harboring some resentment against american filmmakers for not casting more minorities in lead roles which led to the awkward silence at the end of the video. Basically he shouldn't bitch about other filmmakers making white-centric films when he himself hasn't done anything to propel blacks, hispanics, and other races into the film world. Paul Feig was recently complaining about the lack of female centric films which makes sense since he actually directed two female driven movies.

[QUOTE="DharmaMember77"]

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"] Preach? That is laughable. A question was brought up about race and gender in filmmaking and he brought up the argument that directors not casting more non-white actors is more shocking to him then less non-white/female directors . Never did he say all lead actors should be black, and it is absolutely moronic to call him a hypocrite for casting the ONE lead role that ever could have been a black actor with a white actor. Especially when the character worked best as the stereotypical white upper class male businessman who everyone thinks is perfect. SaintLeonidas

He was obviously harboring some resentment against american filmmakers for not casting more minorities in lead roles which led to the awkward silence at the end of the video. Basically he shouldn't bitch about other filmmakers making white-centric films when he himself hasn't done anything to propel blacks, hispanics, and other races into the film world. Paul Feig was recently complaining about the lack of female centric films which makes sense since he actually directed two female driven movies.

If you're going to frown upon other filmmakers then yes you do.

Again, he has only previously made two films. Not to mention, he has actually only made one since saying these things and its a film about slavery with a black lead. So he is one for one since saying this, and one for three his entire career with one of those three not having a character who could have been casted as black. You seem oddly upset that an African American director took the chance, when asked about race in filmmaking, to make the incredibly true point that many possible non-white leads go to white actors. You claim he is a hypocrite because in his incredibly short career (two films) he didn't cast a black lead, which for some reason it seems like you think is the qualification required to be opinionated about race in filmmaking. Be a different story if this was David Fincher or someone with a long career and a lot of white leads, but I fail to see how anyone could possibly view McQueen as a hypocrite. SaintLeonidas

I know this probably won't win you over but...

Boyz n the Hood

Killer of Sheep

She's Gotta Have It

Friday

Menace 2 Society

etc.

These were all directorial debuts of black filmmakers and all of those films were black centered so using the excuse "he's only made two films" isn't really a solid arugment. My main problem with him was his condescending attitude towards other directors about not doing anything about the lack of nationalities in hollywood.

lol looks like another garbage anti white movie.. news flash: blacks sold their own people as slaves and white people have also been enslaved. get over it

Flubbbs

seem's like an interesting movie though I'll wait till what other users have to say about it.

[QUOTE="Flubbbs"]

lol looks like another garbage anti white movie.. news flash: blacks sold their own people as slaves and white people have also been enslaved. get over it

BossPerson

Looks interesting.

Believe I will see this

Watching this trailer again, it's hilarious how schmaltzy they tried to make it seem for dat Oscar bait. Saw it yesterday at TIFF and it's an incredible film that's really hard to watch but even harder to pull your eyes off the screen. The film itself is as far as Oscar bait as possible. Even if it ends up being the best film of the year (it's #1 for me as of now) I don't see it winning any major Oscars due to the intensity depicted. Some scenes can compare to The Passion of the Christ in terms of violence and intensity but they have actual impact to the story and are relatively few. Ejiofor's performance was definitely something special and I think Lupita Nyong'o deserves Best Supporting Actress for her performance as well. There was a particular scene in the first 15-20 minutes that gave me the sensation of wanting to get out of there but I couldn't look away despite that particular scene not being all that gruesome nor gory.

Q&A session with McQueen and the cast

It's also getting some pretty rave reviews http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/09/07/12-years-a-slave-toronto/

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/07/twelve-years-a-slave-review-toronto

You seem oddly upset that an African American director SaintLeonidas

[QUOTE="Flubbbs"]lol looks like another garbage anti white movie.. news flash: blacks sold their own people as slaves and white people have also been enslaved. get over itWolfattheDoor34

Using the overused premise of slavery, again.lo_Pine

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"] You seem oddly upset that an African American director Master_Live

Did you see Blue is the Warmest Color and Gravity?sammyjenkis898

Looks interesting.

cysf661

Pretty cool.

http://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/four-black-actors-vie-for-the-best-actor-oscar

[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="Flubbbs"]

lol looks like another garbage anti white movie.. news flash: blacks sold their own people as slaves and white people have also been enslaved. get over it

Diablo-B

Apparently.