Movie Slow Talking [0287] 12 Years a Slave

Raphael 2022-03-20 09:01:12


2014-05-11

I never deny that I am not so close to black movies, just as I used to be not so close to my Indian colleagues during my work. Maybe in my heart, I really have a tendency to discriminate against skin color.

In the 5000-year history of human civilization, there is only one real progress, which is to break the inequality of skin color. Although the discrimination or inequality of skin color is still everywhere, at least, the mainstream concept of skin color equality has been established in this world. The next problem that may be solved is homosexuality. Although Europe has taken the lead, just imagine, to recognize same-sex marriage in the celestial dynasty, will the 10th government have enough time? In a world where universal values ​​are not universal enough, mankind still has a long way to go.

After being betrayed by the white man and smashing the violin, Solomon Northup has basically chosen to give up. But he is undoubtedly the lucky one among the lucky ones. Brad Pitt's position in Hollywood today can be a producer, or he can freely choose to play a redeemer. Michael Fassbender plays better than the protagonist. His feelings for Patsey are not vain. It is definitely not as simple as pure sensuality, but limited by identity, he is more incapable of himself. . He is just a pure slave owner, his philosophy has been passed down for generations, and there is no way to break it from the heart.

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12 Years a Slave quotes

  • Edwin Epps: If something rubs you wrongly, I offer you the opportunity to speak on it.

    Bass: [exhales] Well, you ask plainly, so I will tell you plainly. What amused me just then was your concern for my wellbeing in this heat when, quite frankly, the condition of your laborers...

    Edwin Epps: The condition of my laborers?

    Bass: It is horrid.

    Edwin Epps: The hell?

    [chuckles]

    Bass: It's all wrong. All wrong, Mr. Epps.

    Edwin Epps: They ain't hired help. They're my property.

    Bass: You say that with pride.

    Edwin Epps: I say it as fact.

    Bass: If this conversation concerns what is factual and what is not, then it must be said that there is no justice nor righteousness in their slavery. But you do open up an interesting question. What right have you to your niggers, when you come down to the point?

    Edwin Epps: What right?

    Bass: Mmm

    Edwin Epps: I bought 'em. I paid for 'em.

    Bass: Well, of course you did, and the law says you have the right to hold a nigger. But begging the law's pardon, it lies. Suppose they pass a law taking away your liberty, making you a slave. Suppose.

    Edwin Epps: That ain't a supposable case.

    Bass: Laws change, Epps. Universal truths are constant. It is a fact, a plain and simple fact, that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.

    Edwin Epps: You comparing me to a nigger, Bass?

    Bass: I'm only asking, in the eyes of God, what is the difference?

    Edwin Epps: You might as well ask what the difference is between a white man and a baboon.

    [chuckles]

    Edwin Epps: I seen one of them critters in Orleans. Know just as much as any nigger I got.

    Bass: Listen, Epps, these niggers are human beings. If they are allowed to climb no higher than brute animals, you and men like you will have to answer for it. There is an ill, Mr. Epps. A fearful ill resting upon this nation. And there will be a day of reckoning yet.

  • Ford: What is the price for the ones Platt and Eliza?

    Freeman: A thousand for Platt; he is a nigger of talent. Seven hundred for Eliza. My fairest price.

    Ford: You will accept a note?

    Freeman: Always from you, Mr. Ford.