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IFC Films
Directed by: Steve McQueen
Featuring: Michael Fassbender
With Hunger, British filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen has turned one of history’s most controversial acts of political defiance into a jarring, unforgettable cinematic experience. In Northern Ireland’s Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government’s refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. McQueen dramatizes prison existence and Sands’s final days in a way that is purely experiential, even abstract, a succession of images full of both beauty and horror. Featuring an intense performance by Michael Fassbender, Hunger is an unflinching, transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure to be heard.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Documentary, Television Program, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Video interviews with Steve McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender
- A short documentary on the making of Hunger, including interviews with Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbenderr, actors Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, and Brian Milligan, writer Enda Walsh, and producer Robin Gutch
- “The Provo’s Last Card?,” a 1981 episode of the BBC program Panorama, about the Maze prison hunger strikes and the political and civilian reactions across Northern Ireland
- Theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Chris Drake
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Release Credits
Producer: Abbey Lustgarten
Artwork: Sarah Habibi
Artwork: Rasmus Alkestrand
Release Notes on Restoration
Hunger
Hunger is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. Approved by director Steve McQueen, this new high-definition digital transfer was created from the original 2-perforation 35mm negative, which was scanned on an ARRISCAN pin-registered scanner at 2K resolution.
The film features a fully digital surround track. The audio for this release was mastered at 24-bit from the original digital audio master files using Pro Tools HD.
The film features a fully digital surround track. The audio for this release was mastered at 24-bit from the original digital audio master files using Pro Tools HD.