TIFF 2011 Buyer’s Club: #7. Steve McQueen’s Shame

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#7. Shame
The Gist: Scripted by Abi Morgan and McQueen, the story, said to focus on human need, will see Fassbender as Brandon, a New Yorker dealing with his complicated sex life and whose life spins out of control when his sister (Mulligan) comes to stay.

Director: Steve McQueen (Breakout debut film was Hunger)
Sales Agent: Hanway Films
Selling Point/Suited For: Brando delivered an Academy Award-nominated performance for his pass me the butter Euro film, if the Academy can separate the condition/exploits and ugliness of the character from the actor’s performance, then this should be a golden ticket Best Actor nomination perf for Michael Fassbender. Why isn’t this film higher on the list? The knock against it is there are only a few distributors who care about award season prestige, and even less folks who don’t mind butting heads with rating boards and don’t mind to really work for a tiny profit. How it plays in Venice (and perhaps Telluride) will determine it’s immediate future and value.

 

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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