Insomnia, Christopher Nolan’s 2002 remake of a Norwegian thriller, is his first film with major stars. Al Pacino, Hillary Swank and Robin Williams play cops and a killer in a sun-flooded Alaskan setting. With a jump in budget and acting prestige, does Nolan sacrifice any of the stylistic ambition of his first two films? How much of Nolan’s structural complexity survives in a remake he had no hand in writing? How much of the scenery ends up in Al Pacino’s choppers?
Find out below in our third episode of Nice Nolan Ya!
