Have you seen any of the nominated movies? I've seen only: 12 Years A Slave, Her, The Great Beauty. What about you instead? Looking forward to tonight's show, where some of the anxious nominees will become excited winners, let's discuss these three movies which are among them.
12 Years A Slave
The true terrible story of Salomon Northup, 12 Years a Slave, is a movie based on an incredibly touching account of one man's fight for survival and freedom. Salomon is a free middle class black man living in North America, a musician, when he is deceived, kidnap and forced to live as a slave for twelve years.
As in other of his films - Hunger or Shame for instance - director McQueen wants the audience leave the theatre disturbed and upset. No censorship, no filters: the ugly truth is there in all its tragicality, it hurts, it shocks, it makes you sorrowful. Neither the happy ending can relieve you from the sense of loss and brutality you experience watching this movie.