Insomnia

DVD - 1999

Disgraced Swedish detective Jonas Engström travels to Northern Norway to solve a brutal murder. Unable to sleep through the night of the midnight sun, Engström quickly loses his grip on the case and his mind.

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Subjects
Genres
Suspense films
Mystery films
Film noir
Feature films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Crime films
Detective and mystery films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection [1999]
Language
Norwegian
Swedish
English
Corporate Author
Norsk Film AS
Corporate Author
Norsk Film AS (production company)
Other Authors
Erik Skjoldbjærg, 1964- (film director), Petter J. Borgli (film producer), Tomas Backström (screenwriter), Tom Remlov (actor), Nikolaj Frobenius, 1965-, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, 1944-, Bjørn Floberg, 1947-, Gisken Armand, 1962-, Maria Bonnevie, 1973-
Item Description
Videodisc release of the 1997 film.
Includes Norwegian trailer and TV spot.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Playing Time
01:37:00
Format
DVD, NTSC, stereo, widescreen (1.85:1).
Production Credits
Photography, Erling Thurmann-Andersen ; editor, Håkon Øverås ; music, Geir Jenssen.
ISBN
9780780022201
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Review by Library Journal Review

Seldom has the environment played so large a role in a thriller as in Erik Skjoldbjaerg's impressively atmospheric film debut. Stellan Skarsgard stars as a Swedish homicide detective dispatched to neighboring Norway to help the local cops solve the murder of a teen girl-a task made more difficult by guilt over a grievous accident and lack of sleep from the midnight arctic sun. Respectably remade in 2002 by the "Batman" trilogy's Christopher Nolan, the gloomy original still shines brighter. For police procedural aficionados. [See Trailers, LJ 6/1/14.] (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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