It's quite telling that Insomnia was Christopher Nolan's last mid-budget feature before tackling one of Warner Bros.' biggest properties.
In fact, Burr's obsession with Dormer nearly does the same to her too, but we won't give too much away.
Obsession is a key component of any great Christopher Nolan film, so it's no wonder that Finch's obsession with his teenage fan would drive him to do something unspeakable. So, by the time Officer Burr (Swank) shows up at his doorstep, it's no surprise that he tries to kill her too. From the moment Finch killed Kay ( Crystal Lowe) he was slowly itching for another victim. Likewise, the notion that the descent to madness only takes one small push can be seen years before the Joker (Heath Ledger) would embody the idea. But somewhere down the line, Dormer loses his way, though there's a part of him still working to find his way back. This comes back to haunt him following the death of his partner, who was about to cut a deal with the internal affairs investigator to secure his own job (and hopefully Dormer's too). Under pressure from internal affairs, Dormer wrestles with his past, specifically planting evidence on a known killer named Dobbs in order to secure a conviction. If it did, then he used his own weariness wisely whenever the cameras were on.Īmong these is the idea that "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." No, The Dark Knight isn't quoted in Insomnia, though the concept rings true in Nolan's carefully plotted 2002 thriller. Pacino's performance makes one wonder if the on-location production got to him off-camera too, and if the blinding midnight sun had an effect on the actor's own sleep schedule. Struggling with guilt, exhaustion, and the horrible nature of this case, Dormer almost always feels like he's on the brink. Nevertheless, Pacino makes Dormer stand out all on his own. It's easy to compare his performance here to his work in Michael Mann's Heat, and it's true that there's some real crossover between Detective Will Dormer and Lt. Though this wasn't the only "serious role" Williams ever tackled, it was his most layered and defined, proving that Nolan should've probably cast him in a number of projects moving forward. Not only is Finch a terrifying force to be reckoned with, but his calm demeanor when speaking about hideous things chills one to the bone much worse than any Alaskan climate. Williams especially gives a performance of a lifetime, and if Insomnia was your first exposure to the actor, then you'd likely never know that he's usually a comedian. It's easy to see the similarities between Nolan's work on Insomnia and his time in Gotham, most notably the idea of losing one's self by doing the wrong thing for the right reasons.īoth Robin Williams and Al Pacino are incredible in Insomnia. Immediately following Insomnia, Nolan directed Batman Begins, a reboot of Batman following the failures of Joel Schumacher, which sparked new life in the superhero's long-tainted brand.
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Nevertheless, Nolan's time with these movie stars prepared him for his future. Tragically, he'd never work with either Pacino or Williams again. "He is a very exciting presence in the film because he is both extraordinarily surprising in the role and very frighteningly realistic." When speaking about the casting of Robin Williams, Nolan noted that Williams' work was unlike anything audiences were used to seeing from the comedian. "We needed 24-hour daylight to make sure the protagonist is very disoriented and follow his progression through the story," Nolan told ShowBizMonkey in 2002, also revealing that Al Pacino was always the man they had in mind for the role.
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