1. The 86th Oscar Best Picture in 2014 "Twelve Years as a Slave" is a successful biographical film based on the autobiography of a black American named Solomon Northup of the same name. In the early 19th century, slavery was still rampant in the United States. Solomon Northup was a free man and an intellectual who knew carpentry crafts and violin playing. However, he was kidnapped by human traffickers in Washington in 1841 and then sold to the south to become a black slave. After being forced to spend 12 years as a slave, he finally returned to the north with the help of friends to reunite with his family.
2. "Twelve Years as a Slave" follows the original work. It not only depicts the countless torture and humiliation that Solomon endured during his slave life, but also more comprehensively shows the cruel and inhumanity suffered by the slaves in the United States under the criminal slavery system. The treatment of slavery and the beast behavior of slave owners who regarded black slaves as private property had practical significance not only in Solomon's absurd and tragic life, but also in the huge injustice and the collapse of human nature caused by slavery in American society.
3. When Solomon just became a slave, he naively thought that he could arouse the sympathy of slave traders or slave owners by reasoning, and even tried to dedicate his knowledge and talents to his master in exchange for sympathy and preferential treatment. However, what greeted him was the abandonment of the master, the abuse of the guards and even the betrayal of his companions. Solomon finally realized that his situation was a dark world that could not be measured by normal humanity and civilization.
4. In the original work, Solomon had followed three masters, and in the movie, two were mainly portrayed. The first master, Mr. Ford, was a relatively gentle slave owner. He did not refuse to enjoy the privileges brought by slavery, but he also had a modest sympathy for black slaves. He would try not to separate the black slaves from flesh and blood when buying slaves, and would also give gifts such as Solomon's violin. However, knowing that Solomon was a free man, he still allowed violence against him and eventually sold him. So as not to cause trouble.
6. The other slave owner is Mr. Epps, who is known as the "Black Slave Terminator". This is a madman who is extremely violent and full of perverted control desires. After counting the workload of the slaves every day, the lowest ranked person would suffer the cruel whipping of Mr. Epps. Like many slave owners, he vented his animal desires on black female slaves, and compared with other slave owners who would treat female slaves on the bed, he became more aggressive towards female slaves.
7. In the end, Solomon met Mr. Beth, a white carpenter with advanced thinking. Solomon, who had already felt the shadow of asking for help, after hearing the dispute about human rights between Beth and Epps, once again chose to let him go for help, and finally ushered in the help of his friend. When Solomon left the slave owner’s farm, facing the same ravaged friend Patz, Solomon could do nothing but hug him, just like the black slave who left him and fell into the arms of his master when he was just trafficked-justice is in In front of the system, sometimes it is really small.
8. "Twelve Years as a Slave" is not a traditional drama full of drama, but the reason why it can be included in such masterpieces as "Dallas Buyers Club", "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Gravity" In addition to the dominant theme, it also stands out because of its original and true representation of the living conditions of black slaves under slavery. Even viewers who are not black will be shocked by the scarred flesh under the whip in the film, and empathize with the suffocating heaviness conveyed in the film. This is the emotional power that is overwhelmingly powerful. The biggest advantage of this movie.
9. In addition to winning the Oscar for Best Picture, "Twelve Years as a Slave", the biggest highlight is to help black actress Lupita Nyong'o win the best supporting actress award. Lupita Nyong'o undoubtedly contributed the most impressive performance in the film. The scene in which Pats, who she plays, visits Solomon late at night, holding her belongings and crying for Solomon to end her own life, tells how the life of a black slave is so painful, and she cries hysterically to the slave owner with a piece of soap in her hand. The explosion of the scenes made all the audience so moved that they couldn't bear to look directly at it.
10. "Twelve Years as a Slave" is directed by British director Steve McQueen. Interestingly, this is his first film with more than one word in the title. His two previous works were "Hunger". (Hunger) and "Shame". Taran Killam, the actor who plays Hamilton in the film, is a professional comedian. He often plays Brad Pitt in the show "Weekend Night Live", and starring in "Twelve Years as a Slave" gives him a chance He appeared in the same movie as Brad Pitt, but in fact he did not meet with Pitt during the entire filming process.
11. Today, it seems that in "Twelve Years as a Slave", there are four actors from Marvel movies at the same time. They are: the protagonist Chivat Egafor plays the role of Baron Mordor in "Doctor Strange", Michael · Fassbender played Magneto in the "X-Men" series, "Volume" Benedict Cumberbatch directly played Doctor Strange himself, and Lupita Nyong'o in " "Black Panther" plays the black panther's girlfriend Na Qiya. There are a few remaining actors who have appeared briefly in other Marvel movies, so I won't mention them for the time being.
12. In the just-concluded 92nd Oscar in 2020, Brad Pitt won the Best Supporting Actor Award for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Many people think that this is the first figure that Pete has won. In fact, as One of the producers of "Twelve Years as a Slave", he won the heavier Best Picture Award as early as 2014!
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