Review of Hunger

Hunger (1974)
10/10
Ground-breaking, Profound.
2 July 2002
I just have to express my love for this film. When we look at most computer animated films, even non animation buffs can tell you that what you are looking at has been generated by computer. Not so with "Hunger". There is none of that plastic shine usually associated with computer animation, and the images are two-dimensional. It looks at first like regular animation, but strange things happen. There is a moment right at the end that is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in film. When the innocent looking children suddenly grow huge fangs and devour our "hero", we can see early uses of "morphing". True it is nowhere as smooth as later examples, but I think in Hunger's case, it works beautifully. The "primitiveness" of the film only adds to its effect. The way the lines break apart and form new ones is crude, yes, but at the some time it looks almost as if the drawing have a life of their own. They move with a strange fluidity. Of course another reason I love the film is simply because it is very profound and is addressing issues that are usually ignored in computer animation in favor of fancy tricks
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