Fox Searchlight has debuted an online-only red-band trailer for Steve McQueen's Shame.  Like the previous trailers, Fox Searchlight has refused to manufacture a controversy based on the NC-17 rating or pretend there's a titillating aspect to McQueen's movie.  I really dig this new trailer, and the way it's cut together does a subtle job of conveying the sexual addiction of the film's protagonist, Brandon (Michael Fassbender).  The trailer is interspersed with brief clips from Brandon's sexual encounters, but I couldn't spot any nudity (although you can probably find some if you go through frame-by-frame).

Hit the jump for the trailer.  The film also stars Carey Mulligan and James Badge Dale.  Shame opens in limited release this Friday.

Trailer via Facebook.

Here's the official synopsis for Shame.

Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.

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