“Hunger,” Steven McQueen’s debut film, focuses on the death of Bobby Sands (played by Michael Fassbender), a key figure in the IRA struggles of the 1980s, who died after he went 66 days without food, apparently resulted in a mixture of standing ovation-like applause and walk-outs at it premiere at Cannes this year. It, nonetheless, won the coveted Caméra d’Or award for first-time filmmakers and secured a deal with IFC but has no U.S. release date thus far. Peter Bradshaw had nothing but good things to say about it, “It is outstandingly made; long wordless sequences are composed with judgment and flair and expository dialogue scenes are confidently positioned. It surely confirms McQueen as a real filmmaker.” The minimalist but affecting trailer is the first glimpse we’ve had of the film which I am pretty sure is the same for most people. We missed it when it played at TIFF, but we won’t let that happen when it plays at the NYFF in September. [Trailer Addict via Living in Cinema]
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