#10 - Steve McQueen - Hunger (2008)
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Imagine, if only for a second, you are the worlds biggest movie star. Your accepted nickname is “King of Cool”. You do your own stunts, could have almost been a professional racing driver and your name even sounds like an expensive brand of perfume. Now forget all that, because we just realised we’re actually talking about the wrong Steve McQueen. Thats right, we’re talking about the British director Steve McQueen, whose credits include Shame, 12 Years A Slave and Widows. And perhaps a little known gem that you may never have heard of….Hunger (2007). The film follows Irish republican Bobby Sands, as he leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. We go from McQueens illustrious career as an award winning artist to….his illustrious career as a filmmaker. Before you knew him as Magneto, or that actor who got fully naked on camera, this was Micheal Fassbenders exceptional break out role. And he gives Christian Bales weight-loss a run for its money. We also have the record for the longest Who Dat Quote guess. You can blame Benas for choosing the most obscure film title ever (but it was also a genius move). We also have two shorts of the week, Nursery Rhymes by Tom Noakes and Floor 9.5 by Toby Meakins. Both great shorts respectively. So come join us for Steve McQueens Hunger (not Bullitt, though that is a great film in its own right). Happy listening.
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