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Mood:
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- Losing-it HeroUncover TruthObsessionPsychologicalLife is a BitchMind and SoulUnfulfillmentMysterious Character more...
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- DramaMysteryThrillerIndependent
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- Contemporary21st Century
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOriginal
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The Machinist, 2004
English
Spain
Profile of The Machinist
The mood of The Machinist is mind bending, stylized, and bleak. The plot centers around a losing-it hero, uncovering the truth, and obsession. It is a drama, independent, and thriller movie. Stylistically, The Machinist is nonlinear, is surreal, and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It happens in contemporary times. The Machinist is known for being original, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes nudity, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of The Machinist
Christian Bale delivers one of cinema's most sacrificial performances in Brad Anderson's mesmerizing thriller. Written by Scott Kosar (2003's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), THE MACHINIST takes place in a bleak and nondescript American city, where Trevor Reznick (Bale) is quite literally withering away to nothing. During the day Trevor works in a colorless industrial factory, while at night he seeks refuge in the bed of a tender prostitute, Stevie (Jennifer Jason Leigh). For reasons unknown even to Trevor, he hasn't been able to sleep for an entire year. In the process, he has shed over sixty pounds, making him look like a walking skeleton. After an accident at the factory costs Trevor his job, he finds himself tracking a mysterious figure that may or may not, in fact, provide some answers to his confusion. Meanwhile, he begins to connect with a pretty airport waitress, Marie (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), who shows Trevor some much-needed sympathy. By the time the film builds to its revelatory conclusion, it becomes quite clear just what has been tormenting Trevor all along.
Anderson and Kosar's vision is brought to spectacular life by cinematographer Xavi Gimenez and composer Roque Banos, whose haunting atmospherics recall the best work of Alfred Hitchcock. And then, of course, there is Bale, whose performance is as terrifying, brave, and devastating as the screen has ever seen.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Spain |
| Release date: | 18 January 2004 |
| Runtime: | 101 min |
Cast and Crew
as Trevor Reznik
as Stevie
as Marie
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Rolling Stone
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- by: Peter Travers
The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Duane Byrge
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- 20.September.2010
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- by: wildsoft
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