The Hunger

4/29/19831h 36m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Nothing human loves forever. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Tony Scott

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$10,000,000.00

Revenue:

$10,200,000.00

Key words:

new york city
based on novel or book
immortality
vampire
premature aging
research laboratory
urban gothic
animal research

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

~ as ~

Miriam Blaylock

David Bowie

~ as ~

John Blaylock

Susan Sarandon

~ as ~

Sarah Roberts

Cliff DeYoung

~ as ~

Tom Haver

Beth Ehlers

~ as ~

Alice Cavender

Dan Hedaya

~ as ~

Lieutenant Allegrezza

Rufus Collins

~ as ~

Charlie Humphries

Suzanne Bertish

~ as ~

Phyllis

James Aubrey

~ as ~

Ron

Ann Magnuson

~ as ~

Young Woman from Disco

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Reviews (1)

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talisencrw
Written 8 year(s) ago
8
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.