#12yasedit

[cavillarie]

I apologize for my appearance. But I have had a difficult time these past several years.

12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013) dir.  Steve McQueen

[mamachonnes]

365 Days of Lupita Nyong’o: Day 36

[ferretfyre]

The Films of Steve McQueen:

Days ago I was with my family, in my home. Now you tell me all is lost. Tell no one who I really am if I want to survive. I don’t want to survive, I want to live.

12 Years a Slave // 2013

[ferretfyre]

The Cinematography of Steve McQueen:

3. 12 Years a Slave

Year: 2013

Cinematographer: Sean Bobbitt

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

[ferretfyre]

The Cinematography of Best Picture:

86. 12 Years a Slave

Year: 2013

Director: Steve McQueen

Cinematographer: Sean Bobbitt

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

[ferretfyre]

12 Years a Slave (2013, Steve McQueen)

[kpfun]

[mamachonnes]

“One of the things that the book says is that Patsey ‘had an air of loftiness that neither labor nor lash could rid her of,’ and that is woman of extraordinary ability, you know? Then the script said that she was effortlessly sensual, and I was thinking that for some time and I found this quote from James Baldwin’s ‘The Fire Next Time’ where he says, “to be sensual, I think, is to rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in everything that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread,” and that was Patsey. She was present, and she was present because she was the slave of a volatile master and so she had to be ready for anything at anytime, and so that was like to juice right there, in the script.” -Lupita Nyong'o