Hunger
1968 • 112 minutes
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"Writer-director Henning Carlsen and actor Per Oscarsson scrape away everything non-essential from this world-famous Knut Hamsun story.
HUNGER paints a landscape of obsession: the realm of a literally starving artist. Pontus, the protagonist in this terrifying tale, is possibly a genius and probably a madman, and he'll waste away before jeopardizing his talent, integrity, or even his soul. Stunning black-andwhite
photography, Carlsen's perfectly focused screenplay and
Oscarsson's scary, heartbreaking performance made this film a worldwide arthouse favorite upon its initial release."
(Buck Henry, Telluride Film Festival programme 2004)
HUNGER paints a landscape of obsession: the realm of a literally starving artist. Pontus, the protagonist in this terrifying tale, is possibly a genius and probably a madman, and he'll waste away before jeopardizing his talent, integrity, or even his soul. Stunning black-andwhite
photography, Carlsen's perfectly focused screenplay and
Oscarsson's scary, heartbreaking performance made this film a worldwide arthouse favorite upon its initial release."
(Buck Henry, Telluride Film Festival programme 2004)