![]() ![]() This obscuring of light will be a recurring theme, symbolic and literal, in both movies. The 1997 film shows a shot of an airplane going over clouds obscuring the sun as it takes police officers Jonas Engström (Skarsgård) and Erik Vik (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal) to a Norwegian town above the Arctic Circle, the land of the midnight sun. The Norwegian film begins with the murder of a 17-year-old girl, Tanja (played by Maria Mathiesen), during the credits whereas Nolan’s film shows the murder of its equivalent, 17-year-old Kay Connell (played by Crystal Lowe) in split-second flashbacks. Here is a link to quotes from the 2002 film, and here is a link to the complete 1997 film…but with French subtitles. It was praised, with a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 200 reviews Pacino’s and Williams’s performances were given especial praise, the latter’s being a noted departure, as with his performance in One Hour Photo, from his more usual zany, comic acting, to portraying a dangerously disturbed character. The 2002 film is the only Nolan film that he didn’t write or cowrite it was also part of his transition from independent filmmaking to studio, mainstream Hollywood movies. The 2002 film stars Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank, with Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, and Paul Dooley the Scandinavian equivalent of Pacino’s character, the insomniac, was played by Stellan Skarsgård. Insomnia is a 2002 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Hillary Seitz, a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name that was directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg (his film debut) and written by him and Nikolaj Frobenius.
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