Review Wanted of "Insomnia"
08-01-99, 05:07 PM
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You got to get it!
I got mine from 800.com for $11.45
It is more of a mental movie than who done it.
I really love it and speading the news.
Watch it first or maybe two times...then read reviews about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/...lm-review.html
http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_...07/071002.html
Let me know how you feel about it.
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I got mine from 800.com for $11.45
It is more of a mental movie than who done it.
I really love it and speading the news.
Watch it first or maybe two times...then read reviews about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/...lm-review.html
http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_...07/071002.html
Let me know how you feel about it.
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08-08-99, 05:26 PM
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Here is a Insomnia Review, from TheBigPictureDvd site.
Kahuna
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08-08-99, 05:32 PM
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Hello Folks,
It so happens that I watched my rented copy of Insomnia on Friday evening. The video looked very good throughout the entire film, although I found the suspenseful story line a bit tedious and slow moving for my taste. It certainly did not live up to its title for me...Insomnia, I slept like a baby shortly thereafter!
PS - For a Criterion DVD I was a bit disappointed in the extra's, their were none.
It so happens that I watched my rented copy of Insomnia on Friday evening. The video looked very good throughout the entire film, although I found the suspenseful story line a bit tedious and slow moving for my taste. It certainly did not live up to its title for me...Insomnia, I slept like a baby shortly thereafter!
PS - For a Criterion DVD I was a bit disappointed in the extra's, their were none.
08-09-99, 11:18 AM
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The wonderful Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard stars as a celebrated and troubled detective brought into Northern Norway to solve the homicide of a teenage girl.
The story structure is both tight and intentionally ambiguous and relies more on character than mystery aspects--similar to BBC police/crime series like "Cracker" and "Prime Suspect" than to recent American thrillers like "Seven" and "Kiss The Girls". It's not a fast moving film and it requires that the viewer pay attention to subtle details.
Visually, it's quite stylish. The camera is always roaming through fog-shrouded vistas, underground tunnels and rooms soaked with blinding sunlight.
The video transfer of this disc--Criterion's first anamorphic transfer--is outstanding. Not a trace of artifacting or pixelation. It's crystal clear and absolutely gorgeous.
The film's great electronic music underscores the cool menus and for extras you get the theatrical trailer and a tv spot. As always with Criterion, subtitles are optional.
Definitely worth adding to your collection if you have a taste for the morbid, unique and interesting.
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The story structure is both tight and intentionally ambiguous and relies more on character than mystery aspects--similar to BBC police/crime series like "Cracker" and "Prime Suspect" than to recent American thrillers like "Seven" and "Kiss The Girls". It's not a fast moving film and it requires that the viewer pay attention to subtle details.
Visually, it's quite stylish. The camera is always roaming through fog-shrouded vistas, underground tunnels and rooms soaked with blinding sunlight.
The video transfer of this disc--Criterion's first anamorphic transfer--is outstanding. Not a trace of artifacting or pixelation. It's crystal clear and absolutely gorgeous.
The film's great electronic music underscores the cool menus and for extras you get the theatrical trailer and a tv spot. As always with Criterion, subtitles are optional.
Definitely worth adding to your collection if you have a taste for the morbid, unique and interesting.
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