The Hunger Artist

Larry Cedar, shirtless with long, scraggly hair and as rail-thin as one might imagine a fading 19th century street performer, once famous for his capacity to survive weeks on end without food, would look, speaks of his past, his somewhat strange talents, his dreams, victories and failures, behind his bravado lies his continual conundrum contemplating his purpose and the meaning of a life eternally set against by forces beyond his control. But isn't The Artist really the one in control? So it would seem to me with Larry Cedar acknowledging the throngs of people who would come to watch The Artist in his cage with nothing but a straw to have a sip of water to moisten his lips every now and then, and a bed of straw on which to sit rather than... full review