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The Hunger [DVD] [1983]
enlarge	Director: Tony Scott Actors: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Beth Ehlers Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£13.99~~ Buy New: £2.15 as of 25/11/2009 02:25 GMT details You Save: £11.84 (85%) New (19) Used (2) from £1.98 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 13 reviews Sales Rank: 4193 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 92 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 7321900575058 ASIN: B0002XP01O Theatrical Release Date: April 29, 1983 Release Date: October 18, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 13 1 2 3 Next » I watched the film last night... February 19, 2003 Bry (UK) 21 out of 22 found this review helpful To understate my impression, this is perhaps one of the most engrossing films i've seen in years. Every second was captivating, not only were the characters portrayed well by an excellent cast and script, but the sceens were beautyfull and the camera work unique.pThe plot centers around a couple, they're immortal vampires living in New York in the early 1980's, they're very chic and their house is filled with an atmosphere like a mausoleum for the rich. This film captured the superficial edge of the decade with a glitering vision of fashion and style, all mixed in with the desire to never age. However, it isn't self indulgent with the topic, and it never favours any of the characters, instead it shows how lonely and detached they have become over the centurys. The plot moves slow, and some people have criticized it because of this, but if it were fast the whole atmosphere wouldn't work.pI won't spoil any of the plot, but you will be suprised by it and the twists it takes before the end... Bowie, Blood and Susan Sarandon - who could want more? December 5, 2000 13 out of 14 found this review helpful I love Bowie. I love Vampires.pBowies acting is usually at it's best when he plays himself. And who could be better suited to playing a 400 year old 20th century Vampire than a pre 'Lets Dance' Bowie. Along with Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon Bowie shines as the modern day blood sucker who's blood sucking days are coming to an end. A semi-plausible story line sees Bowies character struggling to sleep, an all too familiar sign that his immortality may not be as immortal as he thought. pThe most outstanding scenes are those where Bowies character ages almost 80 years in a few hours - Bowie aged 90 is a very scary sight. For me, waiting in a doctors surgery has never been the same again.pDeneuve and Sarandon are excellent together, with a love scene that makes the blood boil (and spill). A beautiful soundtrack of Ravel piano music accompanies many scenes.pMusic by Bauhaus and Ravel - who could ever ask for more. Ethereal and visually captivating July 21, 2003 11 out of 14 found this review helpful The basis of this film is to wow its viewers with its stylish, chique and beautiful visuals and its emotive soundtrack to the point where the plot acutally doesnt seem to make any difference to the films excess.brThe acting is all exquisite, the sets depict wonderfully the lifestyle of the riche, nouveau-riche and aristocracy. Every aspect of the film compliments another, resulting in a combination so stunning both visually and soulfully. Erotic, beautiful and emotive. Hasnt aged at all. That other worldy, ethereal sensation never does. One of the best vampire films... November 11, 2002 Jason Parkes (Worcester, UK) 16 out of 28 found this review helpful I hadn't seen this since 1990ish, when everyone seemed to be listening to Bauhuas for some reason. Following a recent rediscovery of Bowie, I found myself enjoying both THe Man Who Fell to Earth Christiane F- added to that I've got a thing about Buffy/Angel and films like Martin (George Romero) The Addiction (Abel Ferrera). Plus, at this price it would be rude not to own this (and like the Terror Vision issue of The Haunting, you get three postcards- though two are of Deneuve; would have liked a Sarandon one!). pI think The Hunger, along with Revenge and True Romance, is one of Scott's finest (the gung-ho homoerotica of Top Gun is tiring)- Scott demonstrating what Paul Schrader calls the 'high style' in Schrader on Schrader (1990, Faber). This is located somewhere between the high design and lighting styles dictating excess in 1930's/40's Hollywood (and a little more in musicals like An American in Paris, or Minelli films like Two Weeks in Another Town) and was seen by Schrader to be reborn in Bertolucci's influential THe Conformist. pThe 1980's saw this high style exist with imagery of subcultures (goths, homosexuals) and fuse with a sheen that would be found in much advertising. A big influence on this shift would be Don Simpson (see the book High Concept)- many films of the 1980's began to look wonderful in terms of colour, editing and use of music- this is the new high style evident in films like American Gigolo, Cat People (a relative of this on other levels also), Flashdance, Breathless and of course, Top Gun. This use of extreme colour and mindblowing design would continue into subsequent great works of American cinema: Blue Velvet, The Age of Innocence, Eyes Wide Shut...pThis is just one aspect of The Hunger that I admire, Scott cutting between eras and bodies to music , creating a classic mise-en-scene. The Hunger also takes a fresh angle towards the vampire myth- the Blaylock's killing with an ankh-shaped knife that appears to be analogous to the crucifix. What else?- well the on-screen disintegration of John Blaylock is as moving and disturbing as that found in David Cronenberg's The Fly a few years later. pThe music is great, the opening Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus is a classic of a kind and perfectly suited to this film (plus Peter Murphy was in an advert, so this makes sense on another level); while the music of Ravel adds to the deliscious surface of this film (and would find its way into a BA-advert a few years later...). The other great thing, that I feel is missing from films like The Lost Boys, Near Dark Francis Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, is that this film is erotic; as a vampire should be. The brilliantly shot love scene between Denueuve Sarandon is wonderful, reminding you a little of Roeg's Don't Look Now (as does the stream of blood over paper that recurs throughout the film). Finally, this is one of the best Bowie performances this side of The Man Who Fell to Earth (couldn't buy him in Merry Xmas- probably because Conti, Kitano Sakamoto acted him off the screen/though I love Labyrinth, as you do...).pThe Hunger is a more than interesting addition to the vampire genre and one that I feel has dated wondefully and attained classic status... Fantastic November 6, 2008 Tonkfan 1 out of 1 found this review helpful I have adored this film since I was a young teenager and having just watched it again, I enjoyed it even more. The combination of Deneuve, Bowie, Sarandon and Bauhaus results in an effortlessly charismatic and other-worldly atmosphere, but just as importantly as the horror story it tells, I think this film beautifully brings the 1980s back to life. br / br /Beautiful and odd, perfect in spite of its faults, this is a hugely enjoyable film. Showing reviews 1-5 of 13 1 2 3 Next »

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