The Builder VS Hunger

I've been thinking about The Builder since I watched it today, and now that some time has passed, I think it is a good film. Having some preconceptions about its subject matter negatively influenced me at first, but it really is a good film.

And any fears that it would cover the same ground as Hunger have been put to rest. It doesn't.

The story of The Builder is essentially one half of Hunger -- the path where you know what you are meant to do, but go along with what everyone else expects from you. It's pretty tragic, and one aspect of the concept that I hadn't thought about before is the utter indifference of everyone else to your goal. That is an insightful observation, and one that should be incorporated into Hunger.

Of course, what Hunger has that The Builder does not have is the Choice, and because of that we get to explore the other path -- the path where you follow what you are meant to do, and experience things both bad and good which proceed from that. Things like being ostracized from the village and, on the positive side, the understanding that what you are doing is ultimately for the common good.

So it makes me hopeful, and in a way validates the power of the subject matter Hunger will soon explore.