The Hunger

1983

1h 36m

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6.7/10

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Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

Directors

Tony Scott

Writers

Michael Thomas(screenplay by)

Whitley Strieber(novel by)

James Costigan(screenplay by)

Stars

Catherine Deneuve

David Bowie

Susan Sarandon

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Miriam Blaylock

John Blaylock

Sarah Roberts

Tom Haver

Alice Cavender

Lieutenant Allegrezza

Charlie Humphries

Phyllis

Ron

Young Woman from Disco

John Stephen Hill

Young Man from Disco

Shane Rimmer

Arthur Jelinek

Peter Murphy

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Douglas Lambert

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Bessie Love

Lillybelle

John Pankow

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Willem Dafoe

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Sophie Ward

Girl in London House

Directors

Tony Scott

Writers

Michael Thomas(screenplay by)

Whitley Strieber(novel by)

James Costigan(screenplay by)

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8/10

I have to admit that although I've had the DVD forever, simply based on the laurels of the beauty/acting accomplishments of David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve, and that nothing I had ever watched by Tony Scott, with the exception of 'Crimson Tide', really gripped me as being cinephilically exceptional. And no, this really isn't either. But I threw it on anyway, and especially considering it was Scott's debut, this wasn't so bad as to make Bram Stoker roll over in his grave. In fact, although perhaps a tad on the paper-thin plot side, it was quite enjoyable, an elegant and sad elegy of the pros and cons of immortality. Yes, it was more style than substance, yet that doesn't always have to be a bad thing. Here, at least, it wasn't, and I for one simply adored the ending.

talisencrw31 Aug, 2016