Director McQueen, drawing on the visual aesthetic of his previous works Shame and Hunger, never shies away from frames that capture the ways that beauty exists in the most painful situations. He continued by praising the performances of Fassbender and Nyong'o, citing Nyong'o as "the film's breakthrough performance [that] may find Nyong'o making her way to the Dolby Theater next March". [21] McQueen compared Ejiofor's conduct "of class and dignity" to that of Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. The film release was expanded to over 1,100 locations on November 8, 2013. Northup overhears the conversation and decides to reveal his kidnapping to Bass. "[47] The filmmakers also used some pieces of clothing discovered on set that were worn by slaves. Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice was more critical of the film. McQueen appealed to Fox Searchlight, which sided with Ridley. Epps, unlike Ford, is ruthless and sadistic. |, September 6, 2017 Solomon Northup begins 12 Years a Slave by clearly stating his goal in writing: “My object is to give a candid and truthful statement of facts: to repeat the story of my life, without exaggeration…”. So the slave owners dilute the energy of their slaves by whipping them for sadistic sport and, as Epps does, waking them at night to dance for his wife's cruel pleasure. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. Looking back to Parker: FITZGERALD Good day, sir. 12 Years a Slave is just such an oral account. It’s 1841, and Solomon Northup kisses his wife, Anne, and two children, Margaret and Alonzo, goodbye for what they think will be a three-week separation. Northup is returned to his home and family, crying as he walks up the steps. [49] The film also features a few pieces of western classical and American folk music such as Franz Schubert's "Trio in B-flat, D471" and John and Alan Lomax's arrangement of "Run, Nigger, Run". |, February 24, 2021 In Northup's own words, "There never was a more kind, noble, candid, Christian man than William Ford," adding that Ford's circumstances "blinded [Ford] to the inherent wrong at the bottom of the system of Slavery." [88] Tina Hassannia of Slant Magazine said that "using his signature visual composition and deafening sound design, Steve McQueen portrays the harrowing realism of Northup's experience and the complicated relationships between master and slave, master and master, slave and slave, and so on". [53], 12 Years a Slave premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2013;[54] it was later screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6,[55] the New York Film Festival on October 8,[56] the New Orleans Film Festival on October 10,[57] and the Philadelphia Film Festival on October 19. To capture the language and dialects of the era and regions in which the film takes place, dialect coach Michael Buster assisted the cast in altering their speech. |, December 3, 2020 So much more than the "white guilt" label it's unfairly gotten. Corliss draws parallels with Nazi Germany, saying, "McQueen shows that racism, aside from its barbarous inhumanity, is insanely inefficient. Beyond that, the story feels generic. All rights reserved. |, February 27, 2021 [73] An additional viewing option for the film in the media format of Video on demand has been made available as well. [23] In early 2012, the rest of the roles were cast, and filming was scheduled to begin at the end of June 2012.[24][25]. Arceneaux criticized Douglas for being ignorant and having an apathetic attitude towards black Americans and slavery. Describing this as "the hero problem", Malamud Smith concluded his review explaining, "We can handle 12 Years a Slave. Another enslaved person, Solomon Northup (who was later freed), wrote about her in his book Twelve Years a Slave.The book was later adapted into a film, in which she was portrayed by Lupita Nyong'o, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. "[12] According to Olney, when abolitionists invited an ex-slave to share his experience in slavery at an antislavery convention, and when they subsequently funded the appearance of that story in print, "they had certain clear expectations, well understood by themselves and well understood by the ex-slave, too. "[82] Gregory Ellwood of HitFix gave the film an "A-" rating, stating, "12 Years is a powerful drama driven by McQueen's bold direction and the finest performance of Chiwetel Ejiofor's career." "The sailor unhesitatingly stabs and kills [the male slave]," he wrote, stating that "this seems unlikely on its face—slaves are valuable, and the sailor is not the owner. |, March 4, 2018 The film's epilogue titles recount: Northup's unsuccessful suits against Brown, Hamilton, and Burch; the 1853 publication of Northup's slave narrative memoir, Twelve Years a Slave; describes his role in the abolitionist movement; and the absence of any information surrounding the details of his death and burial. [28] Since the event, Ridley has noted his regret for not mentioning McQueen[29][30] and denied the feud. Tibeats and his group try to lynch Northup, but they are stopped by the plantation overseer. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. [36] As a way to keep down production costs, a bulk of the filming took place around the greater New Orleans area – mostly south of the Red River country in the north of the state, where the historic Northup was enslaved. 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[66] Despite its content, the film's critical success has assisted its domestic distribution by Fox Searchlight that began with a limited release aimed primarily towards art house and African-American patrons. "[39] Filming also took place at the Columns Hotel and Madame John's Legacy in the French Quarter of New Orleans for the scenes set in Washington D.C.[40], Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt, the film's primary camera operator,[41] shot 12 Years a Slave on 35 mm film with a 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio using both an Arricam LT and ST. "Particularly for a period piece, film gives the audience a definite sense of period and quality," said Bobbitt. He also commented very positively about Ejiofor's performance, while further stating, "12 Years a Slave lets us stare at the primal sin of America with open eyes, and at moments it is hard to watch, yet it's a movie of such humanity and grace that at every moment, you feel you're seeing something essential. A harrowing, stark movie that is equal parts educational and devastating. The subject matter lends itself to compelling stories, but the characters that suffer the worst injustices aren't the primary focus and receive no closure. And then I also worked with Lupita Nyong'o, who is Kenyan but she did her training at Yale. [15], Emily West, an associate professor of history at the University of Reading who specializes in the history of slavery in the U.S., said she had "never seen a film represent slavery so accurately". When Northup returns to Epps, he uses the money to pay a white field hand and former overseer, Armsby, to mail a letter to his friends in New York. [45] With eight weeks to create the wardrobe, costume designer Patricia Norris collaborated with Western Costume to compile costumes that would illustrate the passage of time while also being historically accurate. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. It's far from comfortable viewing, but 12 Years a Slave's unflinchingly brutal look at American slavery is also brilliant -- and quite possibly essential -- cinema. 12 Years a Slave 05.18.11 5. Coming Soon. African-American history and culture scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was a consultant on the film, and researcher David Fiske, co-author of Solomon Northup: The Complete Story of the Author of Twelve Years a Slave, provided some material used to market the film. [38] Magnolia, a plantation in Schriever, Louisiana, is just a few miles from one of the historic sites where Northup was held. In retaliation, Epps orders Northup to whip Patsey. In 1841, African American Solomon Northup, a free man, is kidnapped and forced into slavery under the name 'Platt' for 12 years. drama, | Fresh (352) [72] In supplemental fashion, a widescreen hi-definition Blu-ray Disc version of the film was also released on the same day. While praising Ejiofor's work, she stated: "It's a picture that stays more than a few safe steps away from anything so dangerous as raw feeling. [60] Because of a distribution pact between 20th Century Fox and New Regency, Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the film's United States distribution rights. [50] A soundtrack album, Music from and Inspired by 12 Years a Slave, was released digitally on November 5 and received a physical format release on November 11, 2013, by Columbia Records. Ford takes a liking to Northup and gives him a violin. The movie won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for best picture as well as the Golden Globe Award for best drama. The movie, however, according to Wickham, "frequently undermines Ford. [46] Using an earth tone color palette, Norris created nearly 1,000 costumes for the film. Valerie Elverton Dixon in The Washington Post characterized the Christianity depicted in the movie as "broken". | Rating: 4.0/4.0 As he walks in, he sees his wife with their fully grown son, daughter, and his daughter’s husband. The language has a literary quality related to the style of writing of the day and the strong influence of the King James Bible. "To know that we were right there in the place where these things occurred was so powerful and emotional," said actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. [75] The following weekend, the film entered the top ten after expanding to 123 theatres and grossing an additional $2.1 million. Then for Benedict [Cumberbatch], I found some real upper-class New Orleanians from the '30s. Special features for the DVD include; a Closed Caption option, The Team – Meet the Creative Minds Assembled by Director Steve McQueen and Bring Solomon Northup's Journey to Life bonus selection, and The Score – Follow Film Composer Hans Zimmer Creating His Dramatic Score feature. 12 YEARS A SLAVE is now playing across the country! He plays Solomon with a powerful inner strength, yet he never soft-pedals the silent nightmare that is Solomon's daily existence. While there, Northup gains the favor of the plantation's owner, Judge Turner, who allows him to play the fiddle at a neighbor's wedding anniversary celebration and to keep his earnings. [61] However, instead of paying for the distribution rights, Fox Searchlight made a deal in which it would share box-office proceeds with the financiers of the independently financed film. [44], To accurately depict the time period of the film, the filmmakers conducted extensive research that included studying artwork from the era. [20], After a lengthy development process, during which Brad Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment backed the project, which eventually helped get financing from various other film studios. His book, Twelve Years a Slave, one of the longest and most detailed slave narratives, was a bestseller when it appeared in 1853. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy [17] Reviewing the film for History Extra, the website of BBC History Magazine, she said: "The film starkly and powerfully unveiled the sights and sounds of enslavement – from slaves picking cotton as they sang in the fields, to the crack of the lash down people's backs. Parker has come to free him, and the two embrace, though an enraged Epps furiously protests the circumstances and tries to prevent Northup from leaving. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. I beg all of you to take your kids, everybody to see it. [65], Due to both the film's explicit nature and award contender status, 12 Years a Slave's financial success was being watched closely. [83] Paul MacInnes of The Guardian scored the film five out of five stars, writing, "Stark, visceral and unrelenting, 12 Years a Slave is not just a great film but a necessary one. 12 Years a Slave, based on the 1853 autobiography of Solomon Northup, tells the violently tragic, but ultimately redemptive, tale of one such kidnapping victim. Also: The cast is wildly uneven. | Rating: 6/10 Directed by Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame) and scripted by John Ridley (Red Tails), 12 Years a Slave is a well-crafted film that uses the topic of slavery in the pre-Civil War U.S. as a means for ruminating on the human condition. He is told by the others that if he wants to survive in the South, he must adapt to being a slave and not tell anyone he is a free man. It is a fact - it is a plain fact that what is true and right is true and right for all. |, June 18, 2016 Read critic reviews. After meeting screenwriter John Ridley at a Creative Artists Agency screening of Hunger in 2008, director Steve McQueen got in touch with Ridley about his interest in making a film about "the slave era in America" with "a character that was not obvious in terms of their trade in slavery. Shortly after Northup's kidnapping, he is sent on a slave ship. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. It doesn't take long before unclothed bodies show up onscreen in "12 Years a Slave," as male and female cane-field laborers must wash together outside in a yard while the world passes by. [86], Manohla Dargis wrote, in her review for The New York Times, "the genius of 12 Years a Slave is its insistence on banal evil, and on terror, that seeped into souls, bound bodies and reaped an enduring, terrible price". [7] 12 Years a Slave was later named the 44th greatest film since 2000 in a BBC poll of 177 critics.[8]. Disturbed by Epps' open cruelty towards his slaves, Bass, citing his Christian faith, expresses his opposition to slavery and castigates Epps, earning Epps' enmity. White and black alike. | Rating: 4.5/5 It is currently one of the site's highest-rated films, as well as the best-reviewed film of 2013. Maybe we need a story framed on that individual scale in order to understand it. Cinemark We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Later, as they sleep en masse in tight quarters, a sexual act occurs, but it is committed more out of desperation for human contact than desire. Armsby agrees and accepts Northup's saved money, but immediately betrays him to Epps. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner (Michael Fassbender), he also finds unexpected kindness from another, as he struggles continually to survive and maintain some of his dignity. Northup gives an emotional farewell to Patsey and rides off to his freedom. JASPER (CONT'D) Fitzgerald looks to Solomon. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated … But don't expect 60 Years a Slave any time soon. 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"[85] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, gave the film a four-star rating and said: "you won't be able to tuck this powder keg in the corner of your mind and forget it. It's his most mainstream movie to date but this proves to me that he really know what he's doing and is careful in his selection of what to make. ", "A Year After Trayvon Martin, Who Is Leading the Race Conversation? Forget about it. It is a cold glare as though he wasn't speaking to, and has no interest in a response from a black man. This, however, is a movie that I believe should be shown in history classes in school's because, this really is a movie that everybody should watch. "[84], Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly praised it as "a new movie landmark of cruelty and transcendence" and as "a movie about a life that gets taken away, and that's why it lets us touch what life is". Have you seen it yet? Of the four, Magnolia is nearest to the actual plantation where Northup was held. The Best Picture win made McQueen the first black British producer to ever receive the award and the first black British director of a Best Picture winner. [2] During its opening limited release in the United States, 12 Years a Slave debuted with a weekend total of $923,715 on 19 screens for a $48,617 per-screen average. I am Solomon Northup. Northup proclaims that he is a free man, only to be savagely beaten with a wooden paddle and then a leather strap. ", "Why I won't be watching The Butler and 12 Years a Slave", "We Don't Need To Get Over Slavery... 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