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Stunning , 4 November 2008
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Hunger
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Helena Bereen
Director: Steve McQueen (i), Steve McQueen
Certificate: 
McQueen is an artist, and this film is a work of art. With little dialogue, Hunger is comprised of striking images. Harrowing at points, it offers beauty in the most alienating and unexpected places. Hunger is not I believe didactical, prison guards and prisoners alike suffer. It could however, be argued that the strategic use of Thatcher's terse uncompromising voice over emotive scenes undermines the higher political processes. Which is bound to aggravate Thatcherites! All-in-all it must be seen by anyone seriously interested in cinema as an art form. It is demanding, and slow-paced, if you are a hardened fan of blockbusters this will not tick your boxes.
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