On a night in which I cannot sleep, I am reminded of Detective Dormer -played by Al Pacino- in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia. A man that cannot sleep in an always sunny Alaska & a man that clearly doesn't want the light at the end of the tunnel. The movie is a fever dream of elegance and reminiscent of a time when I actually cared a lot more about film and believed in the fever pitch of a dreamlike setting. Detective Dormer is lacking the sleep he needs and still believes in catching a killer on the loose. Pacino's Dormer ends up shot at the movie's conclusion & as he's slowly dying he whispers 'Let me sleep' to his co-officer. How perfect is that?
On a night in which I cannot sleep, I am reminded of Detective Dormer -played by Al Pacino- in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia. A man that cannot sleep in an always sunny Alaska & a man that clearly doesn't want the light at the end of the tunnel. The movie is a fever dream of elegance and reminiscent of a time when I actually cared a lot more about film and believed in the fever pitch of a dreamlike setting. Detective Dormer is lacking the sleep he needs and still believes in catching a killer on the loose. Pacino's Dormer ends up shot at the movie's conclusion & as he's slowly dying he whispers 'Let me sleep' to his co-officer. How perfect is that?
Noah Baumbach's “Jay Kelly” is joining the Criterion Collection on February 16, 2027. It's one of the headliners of the newly announced February slate, and it's coming out barely a year after Netflix released it.