Shame (2011, Dir: McQueen) Fasbender and Carey Mulligan
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DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Shame (2011, Dir: McQueen) Fasbender and Carey Mulligan
I finally caught up with this. Didn't find it nearly as good as Hunger. The movie shows us a lot but it conveys little. Compare to Taxi Driver for example. We never know what's going on with the guy only that he's conflicted and in pain. I was hoping for bigger ideas to be explored.
#152
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Part of what makes TD so enigmatic and mysterious isn't just that it doesn't spell everything out, it's that a lot of the questions it raises are contradictory and don't have easy answers. Though the world is so much different now, it's kind of scary to think what a 21st century Travis Bickle would be like.
#153
Re: Shame (2011, Dir: McQueen) Fasbender and Carey Mulligan
A powerful film about a dysfunctional man who can't connect with anyone on a deep level.
#155
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Shame (2011, Dir: McQueen) Fasbender and Carey Mulligan
What, did I fall asleep during the part where Fassbender was banging nymphs in Narnia?
#156
Re: Shame (2011, Dir: McQueen) Fasbender and Carey Mulligan
Watched this again a couple days ago and it is still as powerful as when I first saw it seven years ago.
5/5
5/5
Last edited by inri222; 01-27-19 at 09:03 PM.
#157
#158
Re: Shame (2011, Dir: McQueen) Fasbender and Carey Mulligan
This is one of my favorite movies and I watch it a fee times a year. Really well made and strong stuff and very strong performances all round. Fassbender should have won the Oscar for his performance in this.