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Steve McQueen Blames American Prudes for Michael Fassbender's Oscar Snub
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by Graham Fuller Steve McQueen, the writer-director of “Shame,” thinks Americans' aversion to the film's explicit content is responsible for Michael Fassbender being denied an Oscar nod for his portrayal of the film's sex addict protagonist.
Steve McQueen blames US fear of sex for Michael Fassbender's Oscars snubThe Guardian
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By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on Wednesday, It's always a tough sell to convince fans of classic old monochrome film or television that the best thing to do is color it in. For some reason, no matter how lovingly done, it always looks like colored-in ...


HitFix (blog)

Oscar's big miss: 'Hoop Dreams'
HitFix (blog)
Just recently Steve McQueen addressed some of the reasons he believes that Oscar ignored Michael Fassbender's performance in what was, for me, one of the best films of the year: “Shame.” Certainly Guy, Kris and I have all expressed our support for ...
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HitFix (blog)

Round-up: McQueen blames America's fear of sex for Fassbender snub
HitFix (blog)
Steve McQueen thinks America is too "scared of sex" for "Shame" to have received an Oscar nomination. Sign up to get the latest updates instantly. Michael Fassbender's had nearly a month to get over missing out on an Oscar nod for "Shame," but clearly ...


Swaption that ate Northampton County
Allentown Morning Call
"The Blob" was a 1958 horror film best known as the first big starring role for Steve McQueen, who played a really old-looking teenager. The tiny jelly-like creature in question arrived in a meteor and looked nonthreatening enough until it began ...


Film News

Steve McQueen: Shame scared the Academy
Film News
(Cover) - EN Movies - Steve McQueen claims that Shame was snubbed at this year's Oscars because “America is too scared of sex”. McQueen directed the controversial drama starring Michael Fassbender as a sex addict. Fassbender's performance attracted ...


3News NZ

McQueen upset over Fassbender Oscar snub
3News NZ
Director Steve McQueen is convinced Michael Fassbender missed out on an Academy Awards nomination for risque film Shame because Americans are "too scared of sex". Fassbender has won a string of honours for his portrayal of a sex addict in the movie, ...


McQueen: Fassbender's Oscar snub
The Press Association
Steve McQueen, who also directed Michael in the 2008 film Hunger, said: "In America they're too scared of sex, that's why he wasn't nominated. If you look at the best actor list you're saying, 'Michael Fassbender is not on that list?


New Yorker (blog)

Oscar's Shame?
New Yorker (blog)
It's decent that the director Steve McQueen is standing up for his lead actor Michael Fassbender's performance in “Shame,” and, in any case, funny to think of the eye-of-the-needle Oscars as a bastion of artistic integrity (the awards are the way that ...


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Steve McQueen slams Michael Fassbender Oscar snub
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Hollywood director Steve McQueen has slammed the Academy for snubbing Michael Fassbender at this year's Oscars. Steve directed the movie Shame in which Michael Fassbender stars in the lead role and Steve has claimed that, the only reason Michael ...