session that gives you the "willies" (Is that a word ?)
;-) ... all that plus a great murder-mystery to solve as
well ... Loved it.
A "must see" if you like SCARY MOVIES.
5/5 ... for Elaine as well, great recommendation !
=====
Marc ;-)
"I am a man of constant sorrow - I've seen *trouble* all my days - I bid farewell to ol' Kentucky - The place where I was born and raised ..... For six long years - I've been
in *trouble* - No pleasure here on Earth I found ..."
("I am a man of constant sorrow" - Song lyrics)
George Clooney - "O Brother, Where Art Thou ?" - 2000
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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 10:54:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marc Desbiens <marcdesbiens@yahoo.com>
Subject: [MV] Insomnia - 1997 - Another 5/5 !!
Oh man, I don't see a new 5/5 film for 2 years and now
I have just seen a 2nd one in just a few days ... "The
Changeling" and now "Insomnia" ...
This is an incredibly good film, I was reminded of
"A simple plan" in part, but I think this one is just
slightly better (Even if I also gave 5/5 to "A simple plan"
... Small budget film, in Swedish with english subtitles
...
Stellan Skarsgard plays a Swedish detective who is asked to
go to Norway to investigate the murder of a 16 or 17 year
old girl ... She was found at a dumping site ... Really
good material there handling the police investigation,
clues, etc.
Soon Stellan finds the girl's back pack and this leads him
to think of setting a TRAP for the killer, broadcasting on
TV that they have found the girl's body and that her
backpack is missing, saying it contained some important
information and that if anyone knows where it is they
should contact the police immediately ...
The trick is he doesn't want the killer to know that he
found the back pack already, he wants the killer to go and
look for it near where he picked up the girl possibly
thinking there is evidence in it he has overlooked ... and
then they only have to wait quietly in the background
waiting for the murderer to go back and get it ...
*** Minor SPOILER ***
This set up actually works but then a horrible accident
happens and Skarsgrad accidentally ends up shooting his
partner ... Nobody saw him do it though so he has to lie
and pretend it was the killer who shot his partner ...
This leads him to lie and lie and lie again to cover his
tracks, all this while trying to continue the ivestigation
... and the worst part (or best !) is the killer knows he
is responsible for his partner's death,
so this is like a chess game, they both have something on
each other so Stellan is kind of a double agent there ..
*Pretending* he is doing his investigation but he's really
trying to pin the murder on someone else to avoid the real
killer's threat to reveal everything he knows and ruining
his career ... Wow ...
***** End of SPOILERS ******
This happens in the first 30-40 minutes so maybe a spoiler
alert wasn't really necessary, but anyway ...
Really clever plot, I loved it all the way through ...
Great acting, dialogues ... t'was just perfect. This
is my kind of movie, dark, twisted, clever ... etc. The
americans bought the rights and will remake it, will be
released in 2002 apparently.
5/5 for the original Swedish version.
=====
Marc ;-)
"I am a man of constant sorrow - I've seen *trouble* all my days - I bid farewell to ol' Kentucky - The place where I was born and raised ..... For six long years - I've been
in *trouble* - No pleasure here on Earth I find ..."
("I am a man of constant sorrow" - Song lyrics)
George Clooney - "O Brother, Where Art Thou ?" - 2000