The Operative in 12 Years a Slave

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Saturday, October 19, 2013 2:28 AM

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/

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Friday, April 11, 2014 6:12 AM

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.