{"id":2856,"date":"2012-04-29T07:49:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T14:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2012-04-29T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T14:49:17","slug":"shame-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=2856","title":{"rendered":"Shame is Available Now on Blu-ray\/DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“Shame” is available now on Blu-ray\/DVD but you will have to seek it out. The ridiculous reality of the NC-17 rating that the film has been \u00a0given is that most retailers will not carry it. No Target. No Walmart. You best bet is Amazon. Link Here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nWatching Michael Fassbender and his penis\u2019 performance as Brandon Sullivan, the broken sex addict who struggles through life in the psycho-sex drama \u201cShame,\u201d I was haunted by one burning question: What if I was an ugly, unattractive sex junkie? How would that work? It has to happen, sex addiction is a very real and sad thing but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a much easier affliction to have if you look like Mr. Fassbender with his chiseled jaw line and piercing stare. In fact, he has women throwing themselves at his crotch the entire duration of \u201cShame\u201d which would, at least, facilitate the problem.<\/p>\n

But what if you didn\u2019t have the looks and the nice apartment (Brandon has beautiful pad in Manhattan just blocks from Madison Square Garden) and your job couldn\u2019t afford constant prostitutes. I would like to see a sequel to \u201cShame\u201d about a man who is addicted to sex but is missing a couple teeth and lives in a singlewide mobile home without Internet access. Now back to Fassbender\u2019s penis\u2026I mean a brief synopsis of the film \u201cShame\u201d.<\/p>\n

Brandon leads a sterile and repetitive life. The first moments of \u201cShame\u201d are rhythmic as we see the cycle and rut of a sex addict. Sex, shower, masturbate, sex (this time paid for), shower\u2026etc. After each session at home, Brandon checks his voice messages which always feature his sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan) asking him why he is avoiding her. The missed calls do not keep Sissy away and she shows up, unannounced with no place to go. Reluctantly Brandon allows her in and this shatters his fragile world as things from his past get dredged up and he must face sickness.
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\nWhat \u201cthings from his past\u201d you might be wondering? We are not told. It has to be pretty serious abuse as both Brandon and Sissy have some serious issues. Fassbender makes Brandon a near-robot, emotionless and stiff. It is clear that the only way the man feels any sort of emotion or connection is through the sex act but it is destroying him. As the film progresses, Brandon unfurls until he is running through the city, screwing anything that will allow it. It\u2019s a great performance with subtleties that are almost invisible.<\/p>\n

Mulligan matches Fassbender with a solid turn as Sissy. \u201cShame\u201d is littered with what little dialogue there is feels improvised. One note: Why do actors use the \u201cF word\u201d so very much when improving scenes? I am no prude (I actual have the limited vocabulary of a sailor who can only remember monosyllabic words) but it is distracting.<\/p>\n

Writer\/Director Steve McQueen (No. Not that Steve McQueen. If your last name is McQueen, maybe name number one to avoid when christening you son is Steve. Just saying) give \u201cShame\u201d an incredible rawness and paints a vivid picture of a sex addict. It is maybe too affective as the film becomes numbing as it wears on. No clean answers are presented, no motivations made clear, but the results of the dysfunction are on full display.
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\nThe film is notorious for being the latest to try and remove the stigma of the NC-17 rating. I wrote a piece on that which can be found here<\/a>. \u201cShame\u201d failed to reach an audience though and the shame of the rating remains. The film is meant for adults and should not be seen by anyone under the age of 17. That is all an NC-17 should signify.<\/p>\n

Blu-ray Special Features:
\nFocus on Michael Fassbender
\nDirector Steve McQueen
\nThe Story of Shame
\nA Shared Vision
\nFox Movie Channel Presents: In Character With Michael Fassbender
\nTheatrical Trailer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Shame” is available now on Blu-ray\/DVD but you will have to seek it out. The ridiculous reality of the NC-17 rating that the film has been \u00a0given is that most retailers will not carry it. No Target. No Walmart. You best bet is Amazon. Link Here. Watching Michael Fassbender and his penis\u2019 performance as Brandon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3903,13780,14629,18134,19089],"class_list":["post-2856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dvdblu-ray-reviews","tag-carey-mulligan","tag-michael-fassbender","tag-nc-17-rated","tag-shame-movie-review","tag-steve-mcqueen"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}