wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that its pretty kewl 2 watch but then again imn a david bowie fan n think hes a great singer/song writer n hes a great actor...i think that the director of this (tony scott) has made some good movies..he has made this, the fan (with wesley snipes n robert de niro), enemy of the state, i think he done black hawk down n some other movies...this is a good Drama, Cult Movies, Horror movie 2 watch because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie because theres some parts throughout the movie that makes you jump n this is just a 1980's cult movie which is enjoyable
Bowie, Bauhaus, Deneuve and vampires are bound to make a good movie, however, "The Hunger" is not without it's flaws.
To start with this movie is typically 80s, sometimes looking like something they would of shown on MTV. Yet, this can be forgiven. Bowie and Deneuve certainly make the film very stylish as the gothic punk vampire couple.The story itself can be slow at times and gets confused. Bowie fans will defaintly want to see this.
Bowie, Denueve, Bauhaus, Iggy Pop, and lesbian vampires automatically make this a cool movie. What made it better was seeing it at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary at night. Or maybe it's not a good movie, but a good experience anyway. :P
I like vampire movies, and this is good. Unfortunately it's so slow, that reminds me some Jean Rollin's shots. Tony Scott, coming from advertising, packed an interesting and good-looking movie, even though some particulars are odd. Bela Lugosi is dead, and Miriam (hence the Italian title Miriam wakes up at midnight) is not feeling as well, too.
The promise of an 80's vampire film with Bauhaus and David Bowie in it was immense, but while stylish, the movie doesn't deliver. It didn't explain what was happening and you had to try your best to figure it out yourself, something I like in a movie, but I didn't understand the ending.
I am a fan of David Bowie but, I am not fan of this movie the best words I can use to deacribe this is really BAD. This one was just as bad as his film The Man Who Fell to Earth! AND i DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT THAT WAS.
Four words: Vampires, Bowie, Deneuve, Sarandon. This movie rocked my world when it came out. It had everything, style, music, violence, blood. A unique twist on the vampire story, which was the first time that I actually felt compassion for a vampire.
This is an excellent arthouse horror film directed by Tony Scott, Ridley Scott's brother, and the performances by Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon are exceptional. It is quite surreal and eerie at times but enjoyable with an unusual ending.
Highly original movie, though a bit heavy on the style over substance. Also: A lot of scenes are not longer as hip as the director intended, but embarrassingly naff reminders of the decade that was really abandoned by the style police.
I can't think of a more beautifully done vampire movie than The Hunger. The music is beautiful, the directing is wonderful, even the actors are eye candy. Although it's not a typical vampire movie it does have wonderfully original elements to it.
If you haven't seen this one, you need to! Such a stylish, sexy 80's vamp romp..I love it! Bonus: Bauhaus appears briefly in club scene..and their song "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is also featured.
a weird film by toni Scot.THE GODNESS Catherine Deneuve , David Bowie and SUZAN ...Extremelly nice the scene where Deneuve and Sarandon make love under the marvellous " Duet of flowers " from the opera "Lacme " by Delibes ...
The movie's great all on its own, but it fails to explain some necessesary information, because of that, anyone who hasn't read the book (or at least seen an explanation) will not fully understand and appreciate the film. It's beautifully erotic, and the sountrack's great. A big bonus is seeing both David Bowie and "Bauhaus" (Peter Murphy)!
Vampire lesbians you can't really go wrong w/ though The Hunger wallows in its art house a little too long in spots making it a little long in the tooth but Sarandon's nudity, Bowie & Deneuve's chilling performances & the one two punch of soundtrax of Bauhaus & Iggy Pop make the parts more a winner than the sum.
Erotically lyrical. The Hunger is visual poetry. The soft watery imagery associated with Daytime-Soaps juxtaposed with the expressionistic lighting characteristic of of the Noir genre. David Bowie excels as a seductive ancient vampire coming to terms with his new-found mortality. And the much more ancient Catherine Denevue--the vampire that first seduced and turned Bowie; she must reestablish a love to take her into eternity... It's rather like a dream--lucid and unpredictable. And the parallel to the Narcissus myth is much more fully realized than in most other vampire films. The photographs reveal Bowie's rapid deterioration. A couple so obsessed with eternal beauty that the loss of that leads them to become rash--they refuse to admit a mortality--they're too perfect for that.
A provocative vampiric lesbian sex scene and the greatest opening credits ever round out this little gem. The film opens with Bauhaus performing Bela Lugosi's Dead for a live audience in a seedy night club and it cuts harshly between that and a sensuous vampire seduction...
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