Films of Tony Scott
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:15 pm
Playing this week:
THE HUNGER
(1983)
THE HUNGER
(1983)
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ScoJo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:17 pm Question:It is the coolest, especially when played in a darkened room as the only light source.
Is the opening of THE HUNGER the absolutely coolest ten minutes of film ever shot? Spine tingling stuff, incredible. What a thing to have experienced in the theatre.
ScoJo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:17 pm Question:Me and two of my other goth minded friends went to see this at my local Alamo a few years back, I was the only one who had seen it previously and was very excited to catch it on the big screen. Such an awesome opener on that scale. There were maybe 2 or 3 other people in the theater with us. It was a perfect time.
Is the opening of THE HUNGER the absolutely coolest ten minutes of film ever shot? Spine tingling stuff, incredible. What a thing to have experienced in the theatre.
ScoJo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:49 am That sounds amazing @hatter.This was so crazy to see. I clocked Dafoe immediately, but had to rock it back a few frames before I was certain it was Pankow. Fantastic.
So- about an hour into The Hunger, walk on parts for Willem Dafoe and John Pankow together as 'phone booth youths'... two years before they appeared together in To Live and Die in LA!
inksb wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:23 am I started The Hunger tonight, got to the title of the film and shut it off. My wife will kill me if I watch this with out her. So it's on the dock for our Thursday evening viewing.Heh. I got the green light ahead of time. Mrs Sanboval is a big Bowie babe so she'd already seen it a few times.
Hatter313 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:37 am It’ll be interesting to see where this all shakes out, and I’m guilty of tony Scott under appreciation myself so this will remedy that, but out of all of his films that I have seen this is the one that most resembles his brothers work to me. The tone, the scope, the operatic plot. I’m also super guilty of watching later Tony movies and going “this is really good who directed this” and then being shocked when it’s him as opposed to knowingly watching later Ridley movies and often going , “man what happened?”Well said, sir. I thought the exact same thing. There are many shots in The Hunger that felt like they could be straight out of Blade Runner.
Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:44 amThose boys like a good cold blue light filtered through some dark window blinds I can tell you that much, like moths to a flame or Spielberg to a beach fenceHatter313 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:37 am It’ll be interesting to see where this all shakes out, and I’m guilty of tony Scott under appreciation myself so this will remedy that, but out of all of his films that I have seen this is the one that most resembles his brothers work to me. The tone, the scope, the operatic plot. I’m also super guilty of watching later Tony movies and going “this is really good who directed this” and then being shocked when it’s him as opposed to knowingly watching later Ridley movies and often going , “man what happened?”Well said, sir. I thought the exact same thing. There are many shots in The Hunger that felt like they could be straight out of Blade Runner.
I am READY for some Top Effing Gun.
Hatter313 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:48 amOr British advertising to the Eighties.Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:44 amThose boys like a good cold blue light filtered through some dark window blinds I can tell you that much, like moths to a flame or Spielberg to a beach fenceHatter313 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:37 am It’ll be interesting to see where this all shakes out, and I’m guilty of tony Scott under appreciation myself so this will remedy that, but out of all of his films that I have seen this is the one that most resembles his brothers work to me. The tone, the scope, the operatic plot. I’m also super guilty of watching later Tony movies and going “this is really good who directed this” and then being shocked when it’s him as opposed to knowingly watching later Ridley movies and often going , “man what happened?”Well said, sir. I thought the exact same thing. There are many shots in The Hunger that felt like they could be straight out of Blade Runner.
I am READY for some Top Effing Gun.
Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:25 amI saw Bowie's name, the music and bits of imagery, I knew she would not be happy knowing a I watched something like this with out her.inksb wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:23 am I started The Hunger tonight, got to the title of the film and shut it off. My wife will kill me if I watch this with out her. So it's on the dock for our Thursday evening viewing.Heh. I got the green light ahead of time. Mrs Sanboval is a big Bowie babe so she'd already seen it a few times.
ScoJo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:22 am The Hunger is such a mood piece, I honestly can't imagine the studio being thrilled when TS delivered such an art-soaked, sombre piece. It must have stood out so wildly against the other 'horror' films of that time. I can also imagine auds having an issue with the lady-on-lady action that is so iconic looking at it now - it's like the movie that virtually created lipstick lesbianism!the book goes into a lot more detail around Miriam and what exactly her deal is and the deal with her past partners. I totally agree with you, I'd love an hour or more of the first act.
TS definitely got his arty rocks off with his first effort anyway, and immediately swerved hard into 'populism' going forward, so this film stands as perhaps the purest expression of his aesthetic.
If there's anything that I would change about the film, watching this time I noted that the opening sequence is SO strong that it would maybe have been nice to have another scene or two with the couple hunting/feeding in that cool subterranean world before the film settles into the dark, dour section detailing Bowie's decline. But then, I could happily watch a two hour film of that first ten minutes without a whiff of plot progression or three act structure!
Anyone read the Streiber book?
inksb wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:07 pmyeah its quite a combo for a certain type of person with a certain type of taste. I didn't have a chance the first time i read the description, instant obsession. i hope you guys enjoy it!Mateo Sanboval wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:25 amI saw Bowie's name, the music and bits of imagery, I knew she would not be happy knowing a I watched something like this with out her.inksb wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:23 am I started The Hunger tonight, got to the title of the film and shut it off. My wife will kill me if I watch this with out her. So it's on the dock for our Thursday evening viewing.Heh. I got the green light ahead of time. Mrs Sanboval is a big Bowie babe so she'd already seen it a few times.
Jimmy_Mike wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:35 pm I’m 40 and never seen this in it’s entirety. First time I’ve admitted this publicly.I've never watched Top Gun from beginning to end. I've seen it all over the course of the last 3 decades, from catching parts at friends houses, bits on TV and of course the many many parodies/jokes in various TV & film over the years. 2021, the year I watch Top Gun from beginning to end in one sitting.
inksb wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:06 pm* oily, homoerotic high-five! *Jimmy_Mike wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:35 pm I’m 40 and never seen this in it’s entirety. First time I’ve admitted this publicly.I've never watched Top Gun from beginning to end. I've seen it all over the course of the last 3 decades, from catching parts at friends houses, bits on TV and of course the many many parodies/jokes in various TV & film over the years. 2021, the year I watch Top Gun from beginning to end in one sitting.