But I'd seen both actors do far better versions of similar protagonists in far more entertaining films (Pacino as Will Dormer in Insomnia, for example)
As someone who enjoyed the remake, I still feel compelled to point out the original Insomnia (1997, dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg) exceeds the American version in pretty much every single way. It's maybe the first movie I've seen which accurately transfers to its audience the sense of always snapping awake and never quite coming up to speed that comes with serious sleep deprivation; it is not an effect so much as an integral component of the film and it's awesome. It is also beautifully filmed, with an ambient electronic score that sounds like the loops your brain gets stuck in, working the same image over and over. And Stellan Skarsgård is one of my small gods of acting by now.
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Date: 2009-01-28 03:10 am (UTC)As someone who enjoyed the remake, I still feel compelled to point out the original Insomnia (1997, dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg) exceeds the American version in pretty much every single way. It's maybe the first movie I've seen which accurately transfers to its audience the sense of always snapping awake and never quite coming up to speed that comes with serious sleep deprivation; it is not an effect so much as an integral component of the film and it's awesome. It is also beautifully filmed, with an ambient electronic score that sounds like the loops your brain gets stuck in, working the same image over and over. And Stellan Skarsgård is one of my small gods of acting by now.