Hunger (2008)

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Trogdor2010

Go to Hollywood video. Their stores are closing and they got $6 blu rays. Get them before they close.

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.

[42041]

i liked it well enough, but i imagine many would find it excruciatingly slow.

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by 42041

i liked it well enough, but i imagine many would find it excruciatingly slow.

I plan on buying Hunger during the B&N sale. I'm a huge fan of Andrei Tarkovsky so "excruciatingly slow" shouldn't bother me at all.

[bsweetness]

It's available on Netflix Instant Streaming (as are a lot of Criterion titles), so if you've got Neftflix and are interested in the film (which is amazing in my opinion), I'd recommend checking it out that way before a blind buy. As others have already said, it's not for everyone.

[Crimson King]

Funny, the director goes by the name of Steve McQueen!

[ccfixx]

Originally Posted by BillyJack

Funny, the director goes by the name of Steve McQueen!

How is it funny if that's his name?

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[Trogdor2010]

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.

Whoops , 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.