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HUNGER

Director:

  Steve McQueen
  

Year Released:

  2008

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Liam Cunningham
  Michael Fassbender
  Stuart Graham
  Liam McMahon
  Brian Milligan
Movie Haiku:Bobby Sands (Fassbender) leads IRA prisoners in anti-British protests culminating in a hunger strike that results in his own death in 1981. Rich was moved by the intensity of the 1st person POV, but Jan found it all too labored & abstract. WARNING: Maze Prison is a brutal environment in which behavior of both prisoners & guards is shown to be barely human.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2008