Hunger was a very uncomfortable movie. I enjoyed the fact that the only real dialog in the film was during the middle, between Father Dominic and Bobby. I think there being less talking in the film made it feel more gritty and inhuman. This is something that helped create the atmosphere that the movie had. It was also impressive that this scene was done without being broken up. The actors were able to keep the feel and tone of the scene very well. I would actually like to see this done more, simply to see how talented some of the actors in Hollywood actually are. Consider it a challenge.
This idea of non-violent protest by fasting and starving yourself is very powerful to me. It is striving for revolution by turning all of the pain and violence in on yourself. To watch this happen is a very intense experience. The best thing about the movie was that it did not paint the act up to be something it wasn't. It was gruesome and vile. They did not make Bobby out to be some Jesus figure. The way he was portrayed was very human and real. You watch someone wither away as they actually would, no uplifting speeches or images. He just dies at the end. That simple.
We are very use to war and revolution being sugar coated in mainstream films, so that makes it refreshing to see it portrayed as it actually is in Hunger. People need to be exposed to disturbing works like this. People need to be re-acquainted with what suffering looks like and what it actually does to people. We get to use to "pretty deaths" in Hollywood movies. Our culture in general needs to remember how brutal and disturbing death and pain really are. I think this helps people become more in tune with the world around them and the human condition.
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