"This film has my great admiration and, the more I see it, the more I like it."
(Paul Auster)

"Writer-director Henning Carlsen and actor Per Oscarsson scrape away everything non-essential from this world-famous Knut Hamsun story.  HUNGER paints a landscape of obsession: the realm of a literally starving artist.  Pontus, the protagonist in this terrifying tale, is possibly a genius and probably a madman, and he'll waste away before jeopardizing his talent, integrity, or even his soul.  Stunning black-and-white photography, Carlsen's perfectly focused screenplay and Oscarsson's scary, heartbreaking performance made this film a worldwide arthouse favorite upon its initial release."
(Buck Henry, Telluride Film Festival programme 2004)

• New director-supervised digital video transfer
• 26 minute conversation between author Paul Auster and Regina Hamsun, Knut Hamsun's granddaughter
• 38 minute interview with director Henning Carlsen
• Optional English and French subtitles
• Henning Carlsen filmography
• Extensive stills gallery

"It is brilliantly played by Mr. Oscarsson, who stretches so tightly the nerves and the muscular movements of this fellow that he communicates a racking, haunting sense of a misguided, hopeless romantic methodically choking himself."
(Bosley Crowther, The New York Times)