The Hunger (Scott, 1983): Rio Cinema, 6.30pm
Through
the Looking Glasses presents The Hunger + Q&A and book signing
with Cathi Unsworth, author of Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth.
This rare screening will be followed by a Q&A hosted by Travis
Elborough with the acclaimed crime writer Cathi Unsworth, whose
latest book, Season of the Witch is the unrivalled survey of Goth,
the musical subculture that took the 1980s by storm and continues to
thrive today. Cathi
will be signing copies of the book after the screening.
Time Out film review:
Catherine
Deneuve is the ageless, possibly final survivor of an ancient immortal
race dependent on humans for both sustenance and companionship. Her
superior blood allows her lovers a triple lifetime until they ultimately
succumb to instant decline. Not all of this is apparent in the film,
where style rules at the expense of coherence. But that style is often
glorious, from a bloody sun sinking over a gothic hi-tech Manhattan
skyline to living quarters that are sumptuous. Neat touches of grim
humour also: Deneuve and David Bowie manhunt in a disco as Bauhaus sing
'Bela Lugosi's Dead'; and Bowie rots away in a hospital waiting room
where the 20 minutes wait becomes a subjective century of ageing. Visual
sensualities will have a feast, but you'll have to read Whitley
Strieber's novel if you don't want to emerge with a badly scratched
head.
Giovanni Dadomo
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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