Michael Fassbender on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 10/9/2013

It’s true.

Wait. Are these real? Is this actually in the movie? It’s not a blooper??

Yeah, it's definitely in the movie, and it's such a strange scene because you DO laugh, but what is happening is so far from funny, you feel really uncomfortable for laughing....this was a weird clip for The Daily Show to use, but I guess when it comes to Fassbender's stuff in 12 Years, it's slim pickings for what you can show on a comedy cable news show!

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Should another film come along that’s capable of equaling 12 Years a Slave, I’d be happy for my awards predictions to be proven wrong, but let’s get real: That isn’t going to happen. It’s the capstone to a remarkable year for black cinema that also includes success stories Fruitvale Station and The Butler, and it could reign supreme in a night destined to make Oscar history, especially if McQueen becomes the first black filmmaker to take home Best Director. As I sat in the bar with that shattered writer tonight and we struggled to speak, I said, “A century from now, when they put together a montage about the history of movies? They’ll put the film we just saw in the first ten seconds of that montage.” He didn’t even question it; he just nodded, a lump rising in his throat. Normally, I’d feel like I was sticking my neck out to engage in that sort of hyperbole, but this is as easy a call as I’ve ever made. Beat that, kids.

Your Best Picture Winner Will Be 12 Years a Slave (x)

#yes this.#this exactly #everyone in the audience was devastated #even days later talking to people in line #people could barely form sentences about it #it's THAT kind of movie #a dude said to me #That's the most important film ever made about America #and I have to agree #ugh #12 years a slave #steve mcqueen #it better get all the recognition

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TIFF DAY 2:

So. I just saw 12 Years a Slave. I'm not even sure what I can possibly say about it.

I will say that you need to see it. Everyone needs to see it.

I will say that everyone who knows me, knows I have a heart of stone, and rarely ever cry in movies. I sobbed through the final 5-10 minutes of this film. The last (and maybe only) time I had that reaction was with Atonement.

I will say that even now, the film is still lingering with me, and I have a feeling it will stay with me for a long time.

I will say that it is horrific, and brutal, and so violent that the woman next to me was moaning and shaking, until eventually she had to get up and leave.

I will be surprised if it doesn't win best picture at the oscars (actually, I'll be APPALLED if it doesn't)

The entire cast was at the screening and they were uniformly amazing in the film, but the stand outs were definitely Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o and, of course, Chiwetel Ejiofor. (I read a review of the film and the critic said Fassbender goes farther than Shame, and someone said to me "but how is it possible to go farther than Shame?"Well...he goes farther than Shame. He is horrifying and psychotic, and it is unlike any role he's ever played...he's just. He's gone. He's completely the character, and there is nothing of himself left...from an actor's perspective, it is one of the most impressive pieces of acting I've ever seen, but I have no idea how he got to that place...)

I'm just...I'm so honoured that Steve McQueen made this film for us to see. I have so much more I could say about the cinematography and the music (OH GOD THE MUSIC) and the way Ejiofor facial expressions are simultaneously so vulnerable and a mask at the same time, and the way McQueen displays scenes of extreme horror violence and unbelievable degradation in the foreground/background of the average, mundane, day-to-day activities of the world to show how this was considered normal, and to emphasize how very sick that is, and how you as the viewer should be severely disturbed by that...

But...yeah. If you have the chance, please go and see it. It is not an easy film to watch, but I really think everyone needs to watch it.

(random fangirly side note--we managed to snag really good seats, and when the film started all the actors came down off the stage to their reserved seats in the audience...something had gotten screwed up and Fassbender was standing in the aisle right next to us talking to the usher and trying to figure out where he was suppose to go....the usher turned on her little flashlight and it illuminated his face and...just, DAMN. GODDAMN that man is attractive. It was shocking, really. I was not prepared.)

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