hunger (2008)

A film following the last months surrounding the life of Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender), IRA member convicted on firearms offenses who died after 66 days on hunger strike in 1981.
A very stark and striking film, that is not without its beauty. Mostly filmed in what is made to look like natural light and often in long static shots that make you concentrate on the mundane aspects of prison life. This is a true horror film, one that focuses on the horrors man inflicts on man, and on themselves. The harrowing shots of Bobby Sands emaciated and covered in sores, wracked with pain, but still determined to see it through. At times beautiful, mundane, thought provoking and horrific, this is a film that divides people for so many reasons, whether along political grounds, the inability to take the violence or the long static shots of the tedious side of prison life. All these things make this a fascinating film.