Comments on: Film review – Hunger (2008)

By: Thomas Caldwell

Thomas Caldwell — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:19:27 +0000

Hi dty71 From what I can tell the Fangoria FrightFest film is this one, which has no connection to the 2008 Steve McQueen film at all. Despite having the same name they are two completely different films. I hope that helps! Cheers Thomas

By: dty71

dty71 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:42:23 +0000

Did Steve McQueen direct the Hunger that is being released with Fangoria’s FrightFest? I can’t tell if its the same exact film or a re-make.

By: David H. Schleicher

David H. Schleicher — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:05:41 +0000

Great review…there was something dehumanizing about the first 3rd of the film, which was visually arresting but also distant. I didn’t understand who or what the story was about yet…though the harrowing details of the way the prisoners dehumanized themselves in the wake of such brutal dehumanization at the hands of the prison/gov’t was clearly central.

But then I loved how McQueen turned the story on its head and played with viewer expectations. The conversation between Sands and the priest was a master-class in filmmaking and dialogue construction. And those final moments when Sands imagines himself back in those woods he told the priest about…astounding.

A great, challenging, hard to swallow film.