The Hunter
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Director:
Daniel Nettheim
Cast:
Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies
Screenplay:
Alice Addison
Screening Date:
Mar 17, 2012
| Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.8% | 34.9% | 14.0% | 2.3% | 0.0% |
“John, thank you so much for getting the film and Willem Dafoe!”
“Raised questions of current times. What corporations will do and how far will they go.”
“From New Zealand and Michael Jackson in BOY to Tasmania and Bruce Springstein in THE HUNTER. Ironically and hopefully, MTV may bring the world together before the corporations rip it apart.”
“What a great guy as well as an actor! Loved it.”
“Man is mercenary and will stop at nothing for monetary gains. There is no shame.”
“What a treat. Great film and great guest.”
“Beautiful scenery. The acting was superb. Topic is very timely. Extermination of earth for the benefit of a few!”
“I loved the intense, slow, considered pace of this film. It was a gorgeous setting and moving story not only of the hunter, but also the hunted.”
“The Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people. Corporations like Red Leaf should be put in solitary in jail.”
“I thought Jeff Bridges was a great guest, but Willem Dafoe was just brilliant! Much Thanks!"
“Once the tiger is shot, why not salvage the DNA antitoxin for mankind?”
“William Dafoe should teach.”
“Tasmania scenery to die for. Ain’t nature grand? Willem was superb. Overall reaction: Perfection.”
“John, your intro was brilliant, so classy and clever! I loved this film. It was gripping, first shot to last and it will haunt me. Willem Dafoe’s performance was superb. And what a compelling, fascinating story. Big Thanks!”
“Willem has great hair.”
“Another exceptional acting job by Dafoe.”
“A beautiful, internal film where Mr. Dafoe had to act more with his body and face than voice. He communicated a high sense of drama…then a heartbreaking ending. This film is an ecologist’s scream, done with a whisper. We are destroying the earth and we are the cruelest animal creating the extinction of thousands of creatures.”
“What a superb ‘under-the-radar’ movie. Fascinating from many perspectives, from an ecological standpoint, of course, but also the message that, yes, we do need each other. Dafoe is The Hunter, but he is also an endangered species if he doesn’t learn that we are social animals and need each other just to survive.”
“This is how to make a movie with a message that doesn’t read like a telegram.”
“The film is filled with crafty images and messages of isolation, and the dangers of such an act. Not just for Dafoe who ‘doesn’t need anybody,’ or the lone Tasmanian Tiger, but the mother who - in mourning - isolates herself in sleep-inducing drugs and the boy who isolates himself by not speaking. “
“We have but one home on this blue marble, why can’t we learn how to take care of it?”
