2004 Directed by Brad Anderson
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...
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Chrstian Bale does a phenomenal job at playing a skeleton.
Christian Bale also does a phenomenal job at playing skinny guys, muscley guys, psychopath's and fat, flabby con men (american hustle).
From the minute the machinist started I knew it had a memento feel to it (the movie isn't entirely in order) and a fight club feel to it (the tone and the darkness). The machinist is one of if not my favourite Christian Bale movie, its got phenomenal performances (no need to mention Bale again) and has huge surprises at every turn (like fun) its so much fun and surprisingly entertaining, Christian Bale is probably my favourite actor, this is a guy who can act any part, do any…
The tricky thing with this film is that if you do not let yourself be taken in by the tense and dreamlike atmosphere, this film will probably not work for you. For me, it was an engrossing experience from the beginning; haunting, intriguing and ultimately very surprising.
While the plot can easily be summarized in one sentence, it never detracts from the very strong narrative that drives it. We are slowly emerged in the disturbing state our protagonist is in and with him we descend into his pool of sorrows and troubles. For he is troubled and I love the fact that the film very effectively hides from its audience the exact nature of his woes.
This is an atmosperic…
This is Bale doing what he’s great at. Transforming not only his weight, but himself into a wacky character. Everything centered around his character works for the story. I found this movie to be entertaining. I wasn’t really bored at all and I thought the story was interesting to watch and unfold.
My problems circle around pretty much everything else here. The script and narrative structure are nothing new. We’ve all seen a story like this a lot of times. A man has a quality about himself that separates him from most people and becomes crazy from that. It’s not a boring story, but rather a bland and unoriginal one. The colors are not only hideous, but they don’t serve any purpose in being hideous. To me, movies with color palettes this bland and ugly make the movie forgettable because none of it sticks with you. This movie is more of a bland movie rather than a bad movie.
Yeah yeah we get that he's losing his mind. The ending was hinted towards so much that it almost became obvious. But I think Bale gave a good performance, as did JJL. Overall kinda underwhelming and uninteresting. It didn't help that the movie was entirely gray and they overdid it with the suspenseful music. Its fine but i'll probably never rewatch it.
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Oh lord i was a machinist for over three years. It’s literally the only job that was close locally which is still 25 miles radius around me. It was two years out of high school and after being a pizza boy I took the job. I didn’t have the luxury of going to school or college since I was poor and was trying my best to keep the family floating at the time. Most kids or young adults don’t know how hard that is. Fuck I worked so much. So much. I literally was like Trevor on here. So tired and depressed. I tried reaching out to people or I’d stay shut in. Either way…
Christian Bale is one of the best actors ever.
This feels like a Hitchcock film on drugs.
Action!: Anderson, Anderson, Anderson…. Andersson? – Brad Off The Fringe
DISCLAIMER: There might be some “conceptual” spoilers
There are things that can drive you to some very dark places that after thinking about it, makes you question everything or even lead you to punish yourself for years, tearing the already fragile mind of us humans. It’s a pain that drowns you into a sorrow that doesn’t allow you to sleep, because sleep means resting and like the song goes “There ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”.
That’s in large part the thesis of Brad Anderson’s sophomore foray into the psychological horror after the underrated Session 9. In many ways, it connects with many of the themes of that first movie,…
