tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post113627438908105683..comments2023-10-11T03:42:59.033-07:00Comments on The Criterion Contraption: #47: InsomniaMatthew Dessemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09288268335735601918noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-88560516973714381682012-08-11T22:13:48.431-07:002012-08-11T22:13:48.431-07:00Our normal associations with daylight are complete...Our normal associations with daylight are completely upended in <i>Insomnia</i>. The perpetual daylight is sinister and obfuscating, even blinding…all the things we usually associate with the dark. In fact, for all we can see beyond most of the windows throughout the film, it may as well be a pitch-black, moonless night out there. This is particularly discomfiting because it subverts John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-21340378398368112502007-04-16T01:57:00.000-07:002007-04-16T01:57:00.000-07:00Don & Colinr, Yeah--what you said. Don't be too h...Don & Colinr, <BR/><BR/>Yeah--what you said. Don't be too harsh on Nolan though; you can't make a movie like <I>Insomnia</I> with a star. Anybody who comes from the independent world is bound to have problems the first time they fully enter the Hollywood system. Although <I>The Prestige</I> is no <I>Memento</I>, I think Nolan is figuring out how to make interesting movies from inside that Matthew Dessemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288268335735601918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-49857605563674206422007-03-23T08:27:00.000-07:002007-03-23T08:27:00.000-07:00Great comments. I wrote a bit about the two films ...Great comments. I wrote a bit about the two films a few years ago on criterionforum.org and I'll add my points here too.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Dan, I had some hopes for Nolan tackling Insomnia head-on after his excellent films Following and Memento. I was sadly disappointed (and I think it was telling that the DVD was most interesting for the way one commentary broke the film up by shooting orderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-1163334378438100912006-11-12T04:26:00.000-08:002006-11-12T04:26:00.000-08:00There can be no comparison in quality or sensibili...There can be no comparison in quality or sensibility between the two versions of the film - Nolan's remake is a Hollywood hollow out of a superbly complex, unvarnished original.<BR/>All Nolan's characters, and their relationships, are based on strict Hollywood stereotype, starting with Pacino's 'supercop' routine in the first team breifing;in the buddy act with his partner; and especially in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-1136715559601641842006-01-08T02:19:00.000-08:002006-01-08T02:19:00.000-08:00Yeah, man, I don't mean to shit on Nolan's version...Yeah, man, I don't mean to shit on Nolan's version; it's all right (Robin Williams is great) -- but I saw it right after the Skjoldbjærg's version (mostly because the whole time I was watching Skjoldbjærg's I kept saying, "No *way* Pacino did that," and I wanted to see how they made that movie into something he'd do). Anyway, I'm glad you liked the post.Matthew Dessemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288268335735601918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796371.post-1136697859300000422006-01-07T21:24:00.000-08:002006-01-07T21:24:00.000-08:00i knew there was something to me liking both the 1...i knew there was something to me liking both the 1997 original and the 2002 remake for differing reasons too =].<BR/><BR/>thank you for hitting the nail in the head.djprojecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280172854635114084noreply@blogger.com