Tag: Hunger
Red-Band Trailer For SHAME
The red band trailer for Michael Fassbender’s sex addiction drama Shame, which has been slapped with a rare NC-17 rating, has debuted online.
Fassbender’s second movie with director Steve McQueen, after the critically-acclaimed Hunger, sees Brandon Sullivan grapple with his sex dependency while his sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) stays at his New York apartment.
When The Body Is The Last Resource For Protest – Hunger
Steve McQueen‘s “Hunger” had its premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival opening the ‘Un Certain Regard‘ category. The movie had great reviews and McQueen won Golden Camera. Today, Steve McQueen, the first-time filmmaker, has its collection of 15 Awards for “Hunger” as director or co-writer (the screenplay was written by McQueen and Enda Walsh) and Michael Fassbender has 5 Awards for Best Actor for lead role (Bobby Sands) in the movie.
British artist Steve McQueen makes his big-screen debut with “Hunger,” an account of the 1981 hunger strike in Northern Ireland’s Maze prison. Take a look at video about making of “Hunger” and video interview with director Steve McQueen below.
The film follows the last six weeks in the life of Republican Bobby Sands, who died during the strike. It plunges viewers into the world of the early 1980s H-Blocks uprising and of republican prisoner Bobby Sands, who died 66 days into a hunger strike. The film depicts the hellish conditions in the prison, not only through the experiences of the hunger strikers but also through the prison wardens with whom they were in constant battle.
British Independent Film Awards Winners
The winners of the 11th British Independent Film Awards have been announced on Sunday, November 30, 2008 which were handed in London.
“Nominations and award winners prove that filmmaking in Britain is alive and well”, says Elliot Grove, the founder of Raindance and the British Independent Film Awards.
“Slumdog Millionaire” directed by Danny Boyle (“Trainspotting”) and Steve McQueen’s “Hunger” both won three honors at the BIFA.
“Slumdog Millionaire” won the top two awards – Best British Independent Film and Best Director.
“In Bruges” And “Hunger” Lead BIFA With 7 Noms Each
The nominations for the 11th edition of the British Independent Film Awards, which takes place November 30, 2008 were announced Tuesday.
Martin McDonagh’s drama “In Bruges” and Steve McQueen’s “Hunger,” lead at the British Independent Film Awards with seven nominations.
Next best with six nods is Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” which closes the Times BFI London Film Festival this Thursday.
New Hunger Poster
New poster for Steve McQueen’s drama “Hunger” starring Liam Cunningham and Michael Fassbender is online.
The first-time filmmaker Steve McQueen wrote and directed the movie. The screenplay was written by McQueen and Enda Walsh.
The film first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, opening the ‘Un Certain Regard‘ category, follows the last six weeks in the life of Republican Bobby Sands, the IRA hunger striker who died in the Maze prison in 1981.
Steve McQueen’s “Hunger” Poster
The first poster for Steve McQueen’s drama “Hunger” starring Liam Cunningham and Michael Fassbender is online.
The first-time filmmaker Steve McQueen wrote and directed the movie. The screenplay was written by McQueen and Enda Walsh.
“Hunger” First Trailer
The first trailer for Steve McQueen‘s drama “Hunger” starring Liam Cunningham and Michael Fassbender is online.
The first-time filmmaker Steve McQueen wrote and directed the movie. The screenplay was written by McQueen and Enda Walsh.
‘Hunger’ – Steve McQueen – Cannes 2008
‘Hunger‘ is showing at the Cannes Film Festival 2008, opening the ‘Un Certain Regard‘ category, from British director Steve McQueen, the artist who hit the headlines recently with his design for a postage stamp that replaced the Queen’s head with the faces of soldiers killed in Iraq.
Turner Prize-winnng British artist Steve McQueen makes his big-screen debut with Hunger, an account of the 1981 hunger strike in Northern Ireland’s Maze prison.
The film follows the last six weeks in the life of Republican Bobby Sands, who died during the strike.
It plunges viewers into the world of the early 1980s H-Blocks uprising and of republican prisoner Bobby Sands (played with formidable force by Michael Fassbender), who died 66 days into a hunger strike.
‘Blindness’ Cannes Film Festival Opener?
Fernando Meirelles’ drama-thriller about a city succumbing to a blindness epidemic.
‘Blindness‘ stars Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo is being eyed to open the Cannes Film Festival, while ‘Hunger,’ from Brit director Steve McQueen, is the leading candidate to kick off Un Certain Regard.
The source of many press reports identify ‘Blindness’ as the May 14 Cannes opener.
According to Variety, Cannes declined to comment on the rumors regarding ‘Blindness.’
