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Format | Multiple Formats, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby, Blu-ray, Dubbed, Widescreen, Subtitled, AC-3, Digital_copy See more |
Contributor | Emile Sherman, Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 41 minutes |
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Product Description
Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender's second collaboration reveals the tortured soul of Brandon, a sex addict who moves through life with one goal in mind. When his sister Sissie (Carrie Mulligan) moves into his apartment, Brandon's carefully ordered world spirals out of control.
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.4 x 6.7 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Item model number : Relay time: 101min; 20 Videos
- Director : Steve McQueen
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby, Blu-ray, Dubbed, Widescreen, Subtitled, AC-3, Digital_copy
- Run time : 1 hour and 41 minutes
- Release date : January 14, 2014
- Actors : Michael Fassbender
- Dubbed: : Spanish, English
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Producers : Emile Sherman
- Studio : CBS Films
- ASIN : B006OB3K56
- Writers : Steve McQueen
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #56,138 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #18,760 in Blu-ray
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for the brother and sister in "shame" this oppression arises somewhere in their shared past -- hinted at in their inappropriate mutual nudity and the story brandon (fassbender) tells of being knocked unconscious by his brother. mother and father are never mentioned, brandon's apartment is bare of any mementos, and his sister's arms are tracked with self mutilation, subtle details that convey the cavernous hole of denial and pain that binds them both. the result is that both fail at intimacy, the sister with her boyfriends and brother, and the brother with his sister and a lovely and eager coworker.
in the same way that the proud and free man in "12 years" becomes very adept at being a slave simply in order to survive, the siblings here turn their emotional bondage into artful song or enthusiastic pursuit of conquest: they have learned how to be good slaves. the most remarkable aspect of this film is that it shows humans can adapt to and manipulate their self imposed bondage in the same way that plantation slaves become clever at avoiding a whipping. the fact that brandon's callow and pathetic boss is a casual adulterer and uses his workplace power over brandon for personal ends, including the seduction of brandon's sister in brandon's apartment while brandon is in the next room, or that married women are willing to flirt with brandon in public, illustrates that self imposed enslavement will elect its own masters and whip hands to keep an inner bondage firmly in place.
why sex, pornography, nudity as the specific expression of emotional bondage? why not alcoholism, or gambling, or violence? i'd guess, partly because we've had already a long line of profane and corrupt cops, criminals, loners and losers, so that modern cinema has inured us to these deviances and made their vices seem almost picaresque. i suspect mcqueen chose sexual addiction and emotional dependency because these are inherently ugly and demeaning, difficult to watch and clearly brutalizing and dehumanizing to the protagonists. it's a fine directorial touch that the soundtrack includes some of the more bizarre misinterpretations of j.s. bach's keyboard music recorded by glenn gould, the master of oppressively sterile bach pianism.
the film culminates in an episode where brandon's hostility toward his sister dissolves in the panicked realization that he cares for her, and his sobbing collapse on a lonely wharf releases, in me at least, a surge of empathy and compassion for his predicament. and the film closes as it opened, with a married woman blatantly offering herself to brandon on a subway train -- but this time brandon does not eye her with the amused hunger of a predator, but with the wary stare of a man resolved to be free.
Director Steve McQueen has created a winner. The actors are flawless. The soundtrack uses a mixture of classical and pop that makes the film contemporary and yet contemplative. The portion of the soundtrack written specifically for the film is excellent and evokes the tragic presence of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. Like Barber's Adagio, the soundtrack conveys a sense of deterministic tragedy.
In understanding sexual addiction, it is important to realize that the compulsive rituals of searching for sex, having sex, and having orgasm that help the compulsive escape the unpleasant memories or thoughts. This film demonstrates that better than anything I have seen regarding compulsive and addictive behavior.
This is also an intelligent film, never filling in the gaps but allowing the audience just enough information to make sense of the characters and the action. If you like films where all the parts come together, where all mysteries are explained, where there are no gaps left to the imagination, then this is not the film for you.
Whatever happened to Brandon in his youth, he seems unable to form meaningful relationships and he undermines relationships that inch toward real intimacy. His sister seeks intimacy with him but she uses sexuality to gain intimacy which is exactly what he does not need in a familial relationship. They are locked in a dangerous dysfunctional relationship which Brandon dreads and avoids if possible. The film has considerable sexual content, in fact the most sexual content I have seen in a film in a very long time. However it was absolutely essential to the film since it shows Brandon sexually acting out to avoid his own thoughts and feelings. Fassbender does an outstanding job in a difficult role. I recommend it for adults.