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Originally Posted by Beta Man
When was the last time you saw a non-mainstream film on Blu-ray, that was part of the Criterion Collection at a Hollywood Video store????? Just curious.
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, I gotten carried away right there. I was somehow thinking of the term of someone hungry for a blind buy.
Yes I have seen Hunger and I found it an effective if solemn portrayal of the Irish republic soldiers. More visual and visceral than story and linear, I found Steve McQueen gave the feeling of participation than the feeling of an observer, smelling the odors that rot and excess, to the cold air and halls. Without the
[Show spoiler]explaination of Bobby Sands with the Priest and his intentions,
this could have been a silent movie. Be prepared this is not easy to stomach some of it's scenes.