ll say this about the film compared to one recent attempt at portraying slavery (Tarantinos Django Unchained): McQueen in my book makes a good-faith attempt at sticking to the available facts. He doesnt have pre-Civil War Superfly riding into the Twilight Zone to save the world for all black people; he doesnt teleport characters from other movies (in this case Jules from Pulp Fiction) into his period drama with little modification or apology; and he does show more than sufficient visual talent to be justly called a filmmaker, and not photocopier of other peoples bravura action sequences. Is this the greatest film ever made about slavery though? I reply with three titles:
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 01:25:32 +0000
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