Michael Fassbender

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Are they kidding? Is this the first ever film about slavery?? I don't think so! These people take themselves a bit too seriously. The same thing happened with Shame. It's a f^cking film! No doubt an educational and confrontational piece of celluloid, but a film none the less. Get over yourself!
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She may have overstated it slightly, but one thing a lot of reviews have been pointing out is that it's really the ONLY film to directly confront the brutal reality of slavery. Amistad (courtroom drama with white protagonists) doesn't count. Django (cartoonish western) doesn't count. Roots was over 30 years ago, it was a miniseries, it's dated and does pull back some. And this, along with some of the other "black" films being released this year, is starting a conversation about race in America.
 
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mollie12 said:
She may have overstated it slightly, but one thing a lot of reviews have been pointing out is that it's really the ONLY film to directly confront the brutal reality of slavery. Amistad (courtroom drama with white protagonists) doesn't count. Django (cartoonish western) doesn't count. Roots was over 30 years ago, it was a miniseries, it's dated and does pull back some. And this, along with some of the other "black" films being released this year, is starting a conversation about race in America.
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I hear ya. I have no doubt that it's gonna be a great film. It's a McQueen film after all, but I'm getting allergic to these pretentious film people who believe their own hype.
 
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Sarah Paulson about Michael

How did you and Michael build your relationship?

Well, I got to New Orleans a few days before we started shooting, and I went and met Chiwetel [Ejiofor] and Steve, and we had lunch and I went back to Michael’s apartment — he called it his flat — and we went back there and rehearsed for a couple hours, and then Michael and I went on the roof of his place and sort of just talked about our characters’ backstory and made things up that we thought would be helpful or useful. We did a lot of that. It was great.
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http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/sarah-paulson-12-years-a-slave-interview.html
 
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Toronto: '12 Years a Slave' Wins Audience Award

TORONTO -- 12 Years a Slave was named the top audience prize winner at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.

The Steve McQueen-directed film now numbers among previous TIFF audience award winners like Slumdog Millionaire, American Beauty and Silver Linings Playbook that received a lift in Toronto on their way to Academy Awards glory.

Fox Searchlight will release 12 Years a Slave in theaters on Oct. 18. The film had its world premiere on September 6 at the Princess of Wales Theater.
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http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-12-years-a-slave-629611
 
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I had to google, she is gorgeous. The Fass flirts with everyone, though. He can't help it.

I'm so excited for Steve and the great reviews 12 Years is getting. I love his interviews. He's so honest and no nonsense.
 
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mollie12 said:
Someone on his imdb board said he was flirting with Gugu Mbatha Raw at TIFF.
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Haha omg just read that imdb post and I attended that event as well! Gugu was there it's true, I was like love-struck and kept staring at her, like to me she really was the most beautiful woman of the night. But alas I didn't get the occasion to talk to her nor spot her with Fassbender as the one on imdb did, I spotted her with Chiwetel for a few seconds as I passing by though. I managed to approach Chiwetel a bit later, we shook hands and I told him I admired his work and he was very polite and very nice, we suddenly started talking about our African roots and right there his girlfriend arrived with 2 glasses and we shook hands; I felt a bit like imposing and I said I had to find my colleagues and we hugged and he said "nice to talk to you, take care!" :yahoo:

I walked passed the Draco Malfoy dude and bumped into Lupita and fell in love with her dress, some red-orange colour, just stunning on her and I couldn't help but stop and ask who the designer was and she told me Bernardi (sorry I'm not good with fashion but dropping the name in case anyone is interested); then she asked me where I was from and liked my braids hehe; then she had to go, it was very brief like a couple of minutes or even less. I was about to reach the patio as I saw my boss towering over everyone when one tapped my shoulder from behind and said "Oi!???" I turned around it was Fassbender; he had his leather jacket on one hand and a drink on the other and basically the almost usual : we pointed at each other, laughed and hugged (dude had his old grey t shirt on!). Then he genuinely said "I see you an awful lot!" and asked about my job; then after explaining I told him TYAS was amazing and he said thank you and we high 5'd. I asked where was Brad and he laughed and he said he'd look around (Brad Pitt wasn't there so I take it that he was joking anyway), then I said I'd catch Idris the next day at the press conference and right there my boss yelled my name out of the patio crowd doing frantic sign language to join him, and Fassbender said "Oi! She's coming!" and my boss had a wtf look on his face it was hilarious. The he suddenly asked "hey how is your boyfriend?" and I said he's fine and he put a thumb up and after another high-5, I left with my boss as we had to attend another buyers late party, I thought it was on a Sunday but it was that Saturday... urgh! Buuuut I got to bump into Fassbender a couple of days later and once again :D
 
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