
McQueen's background as a performance and video artist is expertly translated to screen -- cocooning a series of small, contrasting political screeds within images and juxtapositions that cannot be easily erased from the viewer's mind. Hunger contains many of the trappings of the historical biopic: the young police officer who considers himself apolitical, locking himself in bathroom stall and sobbing; a young protester recounting a story of getting into trouble as a kid that provided the foundation of his political ideology; Margaret Thatcher's defiant pronouncements filling the air anytime someone turns on a radio; an older, Protestant dead-ender now a prison doctor, whose cruel acts provide contrast to the young staffers all growing weary with concern and personal doubts as the hunger strikes begin to claim lives; and, much to my personal delight, the use of Buddhist imagery to underscore death.
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I think this is a great movie... When will this come out?
Posted by: renc | March 27, 2010 at 10:18 PM
Much to my editor's chagrin, yes!
Posted by: Erin D. | March 18, 2010 at 11:58 PM
Did you review this for St. Patrick's Day?
Posted by: Cathy | March 18, 2010 at 11:04 PM