I feel like all adult men should be required to see this film. We may not all be extreme cases like Brandon Sullivan, but I think there’s something in there about both sexuality and addiction that anybody can relate to.

Technically, the film is also refreshingly precise. Director Steve McQueen doesn’t rely on standard film-ology (close up + wide shot + medium shot - then edit between them) but has a lot of long takes with the camera locked down. It’s refreshing because the actors end up controlling the rhythm and timing of a lot of the important scenes, which makes everything feel more truthful. Not a lot of directors are secure enough to trust their cast that way. 

I have to read the script to know for sure, but i feel like there’s maybe only one or two scenes where the characters actually say what they’re thinking. Most of the emotions and intentions are interpreted through their actions and the subtext. With that being said, Michael Fassbender is amazing in how he expresses so much while being relatively quiet throughout the film. And Carey Mulligan is equally good. I think she really thrives opposite excellent actors in longer scenes (see Drive).

There was a thirty-something man sitting by himself behind me in the theater. When the ending credits rolled, I could hear him crying. He was really sobbing and seemed so deeply emotional. And it wasn’t like the film had tricked him into an emotional blackmail type of ending, demanding tears. It must have just struck a chord with him, the way good art can just break through your defenses and penetrate your soul.

model: Constanza. / Photo: carlo dj

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model: Constanza. / Photo: carlo dj

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azizisbored:

Wow. How lame do emails seem after seeing this. 

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol corresponding

(Source: whereisthecoool)