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Insomnia (1997 Swedish film)

post #1 of 10
3/5/11 at 12:37am
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Has anyone seen this? Christopher Nolan did a remake in 2002 with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. I watched the original tonight (1997, with the tremendous Stellan Skarsgard starring) and it was definitely better than Nolan version. The cinematography is fabulous. Stark, harsh Norwegian landscapes with penetrating light that will make you nauseous at times. And Skarsgard's performance is just great, he absolutely sold this film. Really recommend it. I watched the Criterion edition which is beautiful.
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post #2 of 10
3/5/11 at 12:41am
Agreed. This was a great film.
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post #3 of 10
3/5/11 at 12:48am
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I need to win the lotto so I can just buy every Criterion DVD out there.
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post #4 of 10
3/5/11 at 1:48am
Of course this movie was great. That's why Nolan remade it.
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post #5 of 10
3/5/11 at 2:16am
I agree that the original was better than the remake. Skarsgard was incredible. He was everything that Pacino just wasn't. The cinematography was indeed amazing. Your comment re: the light (sometimes nauseating) is spot-on.

Funny you posted this today; re: Scandinavian noir I've been on a Henning Mankell binge lately. Great books, and the BBC/PBS "Wallander" films with Branagh as Kurt Wallander were very good.
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post #6 of 10
3/5/11 at 2:24am
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Originally Posted by venessian View Post
I agree that the original was better than the remake. Skarsgard was incredible. He was everything that Pacino just wasn't. The cinematography was indeed amazing. Your comment re: the light (sometimes nauseating) is spot-on.

What he said.
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post #7 of 10
3/5/11 at 5:27pm
Didn't like it. It felt very sterile and desolate to me.
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post #8 of 10
3/5/11 at 6:04pm
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Didn't like it. It felt very sterile and desolate to me.
uh...hullo? film from a Scandinavian country?
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post #9 of 10
3/9/11 at 1:35pm
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I need to win the lotto so I can just buy every Criterion DVD out there.

hulu + will have the criterion series streaming soon.
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post #10 of 10
3/9/11 at 1:46pm
Nolan version sucked. Though I did enjoy the Robin Williams casting a lot. Very interested in the original though.
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