![]() I mean, you’re casting him as a bad guy! Right off the bat, filmmakers immediately have me rooting against someone that I, in my heart, have a tough time to root against. What interests me is the casting of Robin Williams in a role against type. It doesn’t matter which film he is starring in or how large the role is because he’s always putting on a masterclass. On the acting side of things, Al Pacino certainly puts the work as he plays yet another cop on the screen. Crowley’s design work lends it an expressionist feel. Pfister’s work goes hand in hand with production designer Nathan Crowley’s work on the film. Not making things easy on production was the weather itself with rain and cloudiness. Meanwhile, cinematographer Wally Pfister certainly did the research when it came to filming the fog. How do you make Dormer look tired all the time? This certainly cannot be an easy feat. There are other challenges impacting the film, too. ![]() Finch’s behavior reminds me a lot of what happens in Strangers on a Train. In a way, the film is in the vein of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller. It’s a weird feeling when the cop investigating a murder feels guiltier than the person who committed the crime but here we are. But for others, it’s a story that is entirely new. It goes without saying that anyone who watched the original film is already going to be familiar with the story. Insomnia is more than just a simple whodunit thriller because there’s also a question of how and why. With so much guilt on Dormer’s conscience, there’s no other way to end the film. Nolan shot two endings at the studio’s request but the plan had always been to kill off Dormer at the end. Ultimately, Finch and Dormer will kill each other by the end of the film. ![]() It’s a contributing factor to Dormer killing Eckhart even if it’s supposed to look like an accident. Between insomnia, sun, and lighting, Dormer is very much out of it while pursuing Finch. Adding another layer to the situation is that Eckhart was going to testify against Dormer regarding a previous case.ĭormer believes the main suspect in the murder to be mystery writer Walter Finch (Robin Williams). It opens up a whole another can of worms on top of the current murder investigation because this puts Burr in charge of a shooting investigation. What should have enabled them to arrest someone turned into Dormer accidentally shooting Eckhart, thinking it was the killer. Things become really interesting–or awkward–when the detectives bait the murderer to the crime scene. Ellie Burr (Hillary Swank), a local detective, goes along for the ride in the fishing town. That being said, Nolan gave notes to Seitz while also rewriting the script himself and didn’t ask for writing credit.Ī pair of Los Angeles homicide detectives, Will Dormer (Al Pacino) and Hap Eckhart (Martin Donovan), are investigating Kay Connell’s (Crystal Lowe) murder in Alaska at the request of Chief Nyback (Paul Dooley). Even though it’s a remake and Nolan didn’t write the script (Hillary Seitz did), it’s the most underrated in his entire filmography and one of his “most personal films in terms of what it was to make it” per Nolan’s comments in The Nolan Variations. Until Soderbergh intervened, Nolan couldn’t even land a meeting with the studio. If not for Steven Soderbergh, Nolan’s directorial career might have proceeded differently. Slowly but surely, everything is coming into place for taking his career to the next level with The Dark Knight Trilogy. ![]() Two, Nolan has his first studio film and a medium-sized budget. One, it is a remake of an earlier Norwegian film. This is the only film in Nolan’s career that he didn’t write. Insomnia is the third feature film for filmmaker Christopher Nolan and gives him a bigger playground with a trio of Oscar winners. ![]()
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