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A film so goated, Christopher Nolan chose to remake it. He saw the Norwegian Insomnia before his debut film Following (1998). Nolan was so impressed that he saw it twice. It led to Insomnia (2002), starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank.

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Christopher Nolan once tried to give Al Pacino an acting note while filming Insomnia (2002) “He told me, ‘I’ve already done that. You can’t see it to the eye, but I’ve done it in the dailies.’ I went back to look… and there it was.”

Christopher Nolan once tried to give Al Pacino an acting note while filming Insomnia (2002) “He told me, ‘I’ve already done that. You can’t see it to the eye, but I’ve done it in the dailies.’ I went back to look… and there it was.”

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Insomnia is the only film Christopher Nolan & Al Pacino united on & I think it’s perhaps the most underrated movie of Nolan’s filmography. Yes- this is a slow burn, I get that. But it’s an intimate performance from Pacino with nuanced direction from Nolan. This film is good. 🎂

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