The NoA is hungry for more Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen back in the director's chair
Sure, Slumdog Millionaire won last year's Oscar for Best Picture. And so it should have. It was a complete movie: great music, well-directed, paced to perfection, and a story that was both accessible and mildly-challenging to viewers. It was not, however, the most moving film of the year. The most skillfully executed, gut-wrenching, provocative, aggressive-yet-subtly visceral experience at the movies last year was the directorial debut of Turner prizewinning artist, Steve McQueen.
The British born, Netherlands-residing artist directed a classic cinema experience evocative of the much-heralded filmmaking era, the '70s. Telling the tale of IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands, and filling the frame with his superb photography that did not ignore all sides of the issue presented onscreen, McQueen landed in the film world with both feet planted firmly.
The Nation is excited to hear the news that McQueen is set to sit in the helmer's chair once again, this time for the Focus Features production of a film of the life of larger-than-life Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Kuti may have been known for his music, but trying to capture the character's 27 wives, tumultuous political provocations, successes and failings, will be a huge portrait to paint, and one that will exist in colorful contrast to the stark interior of the Maze prison which housed Bobby Sands' last stand.
The Nation's founder posted this review of Hunger for Moving Pictures last year.
Sure, Slumdog Millionaire won last year's Oscar for Best Picture. And so it should have. It was a complete movie: great music, well-directed, paced to perfection, and a story that was both accessible and mildly-challenging to viewers. It was not, however, the most moving film of the year. The most skillfully executed, gut-wrenching, provocative, aggressive-yet-subtly visceral experience at the movies last year was the directorial debut of Turner prizewinning artist, Steve McQueen.
The British born, Netherlands-residing artist directed a classic cinema experience evocative of the much-heralded filmmaking era, the '70s. Telling the tale of IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands, and filling the frame with his superb photography that did not ignore all sides of the issue presented onscreen, McQueen landed in the film world with both feet planted firmly.
The Nation is excited to hear the news that McQueen is set to sit in the helmer's chair once again, this time for the Focus Features production of a film of the life of larger-than-life Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Kuti may have been known for his music, but trying to capture the character's 27 wives, tumultuous political provocations, successes and failings, will be a huge portrait to paint, and one that will exist in colorful contrast to the stark interior of the Maze prison which housed Bobby Sands' last stand.
The Nation's founder posted this review of Hunger for Moving Pictures last year.
Posted by Elliot V. Kotek at 12/9/2009 12:27 PM 
Categories: film, actors, afrofunk, music, photography, afrobeat, movie
Tags: artist James Brown Nation of Artists Hunger film Variety The Nation of Artists Elliot V. Kotek Focus Features art movie Elliot Kotek music Turner Prize Fela Kuti Steve McQueen
Categories: film, actors, afrofunk, music, photography, afrobeat, movie
Tags: artist James Brown Nation of Artists Hunger film Variety The Nation of Artists Elliot V. Kotek Focus Features art movie Elliot Kotek music Turner Prize Fela Kuti Steve McQueen
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