Insomnia 4K 1997 Ultra HD 2160p

In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle, a Swedish murder investigator is brought in to find an elusive killer. But when the officer accidentally kills his own partner and covers it up, a double sided game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

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First, I watched Al Pacino, who suffered and agonized so poignantly for two episodes, and I’m really happy for Skarsgård’s character. But for some reason, they crammed the overly dramatic Hilary Swank into the Hollywood remake. She seemed kind of out of place, or maybe she just didn’t fit in with the rest of the cast, because she drew attention to herself with her unique appearance, and they also brought up the topic of corruption—in short, a full set of dramatic details, except they didn’t talk about racism.

In the Scandinavian original, some explicit scenes were shocking, but the protagonist—though he became harder to understand because, succumbing to his own rashness, he slandered a student and ultimately led the investigation away from the real criminal—is a victim of circumstances and a hostage to his own reputation.

It’s no coincidence that at the end of the film, the local police chief quotes the protagonist: “He won’t back down until the case is closed.”

It is this downright superhuman focus on solving the case that plays a cruel joke on the police officer. He has the image of a flawless worker, a sort of exemplary, unattainable ideal, and therefore an ideal cannot show weakness, feelings, disgust, or distaste... Just like a cleric from the Tetragrammaton.

In keeping with the image others have of him, the protagonist consciously restricts himself within the already sparse Norwegian-Scandinavian expression of emotions. But physically, he remains vulnerable, and over time, despite his detached demeanor, his psyche breaks free from strict control. This manifests first in an inability to adapt to nothing more than the white nights, then in hallucinations and visions, and in the obsessive repetition of recurring conversations with his murdered partner.

In the end, Al certainly suffered dramatically and was tormented by remorse, but the Swedish police officer ultimately evokes a more respectful attitude, respect, and an emotional response in me.

Because you realize that, after all, Engström is human; after all, he’s “alive, he feels” (remember that line from The Consul, The Voice of the Leader?)

So when making a film, remember: everything brilliant is simple; the clearer and simpler the idea is expressed, the more understandable and refined it becomes. How do you say that in Japanese?

Wabi? This word can be translated from Japanese as “the beauty of simplicity” or “beauty in simplicity”... But harmony arises from this simplicity.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (91.5 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Info Audio

#Norwegian: FLAC 2.0
#Norwegian: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
#English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Commentary by director/co-writer Erik Skjoldbjærg and co-writer Nikolaj Frobenius)

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