The third part of his 'bodily fluids triptych' is an antidote to Hollywood's aversion to addressing slavery, but there is a whole dimension of charisma, approachability and likability missing from McQueen's work
12 Years A Slave is easily the most impressive movie that Steve McQueen has made yet, but that doesn't necessarily mean I like or admire it any more than I did his first two features. They were the first two panels in what I think of as his Precious Bodily Fluids Triptych: Hunger was all about shit, Shame was semen, and 12 Years A Slave is about blood and sweat. I really hope the next one isn't about brain matter.
Let me clarify: there are things in 12 Years A Slave that warrant the highest admiration and respect. Simply by virtue of showing, in graphic and unsparing detail, the hitherto insufficiently explored horrors of slavery, McQueen and his team have stepped...
12 Years A Slave is easily the most impressive movie that Steve McQueen has made yet, but that doesn't necessarily mean I like or admire it any more than I did his first two features. They were the first two panels in what I think of as his Precious Bodily Fluids Triptych: Hunger was all about shit, Shame was semen, and 12 Years A Slave is about blood and sweat. I really hope the next one isn't about brain matter.
Let me clarify: there are things in 12 Years A Slave that warrant the highest admiration and respect. Simply by virtue of showing, in graphic and unsparing detail, the hitherto insufficiently explored horrors of slavery, McQueen and his team have stepped...
- 1/6/2014
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
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