| Edition |
Director approved DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical surround Dolby digital 2.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 47 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 47.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound. |
| Cast |
Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjorn Floberg, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie, Kristian Figenschow, Thor Michael Aamodt, Bjørn Moan, Marianne O. Ulrichsen, Frode Rasmussen, Guri Johnson, Maria Mathiesen. |
| Credits |
Production designer, Eli Bø ; editor, Håkon Øverås ; composer, Geir Jenssen ; director of photography, Erling Thurmann-Andersen. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. |
| Audience |
Rating: Pending. |
| Summary |
Stellan Skarsgard plays an enigmatic Swedish detective with a checkered past who arrives in a small town in northern Norway to investigate the death of a teenage girl. As he digs deeper into the heinous killing, his own demons and the tyrannical midnight sun begin to take a toll. |
| Note |
Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgård (new conversation between the director and the actor discussing the making of Insomnia, including the development of the script, the creation of the lead character of Engstrom, and their interest in inverting the genre norms of film noir); Skjoldbjærg's short films (two short films by Skjoldbjærg: Near winter (1993) and Close to home (1994)); Trailer; A booklet featuring and essay by critic Jonathan Romney. |
| Language |
Norwegian and Swedish dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Norway, Northern -- Drama.
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Serial murderers -- Norway -- Drama.
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Murder -- Investigation.
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Serial murderers.
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Norway.
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| Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Detective and mystery films.
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Crime films.
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Film noir.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Frobenius, Nikolaj, 1965- screenwriter.
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Skjoldbjærg, Erik, 1964- screenwriter, film director.
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Backström, Tomas, film producer.
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Remlov, Tom, film producer.
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Borgli, Petter J., film producer.
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Skarsgård, Stellan, actor.
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Ousdal, Sverre Anker, 1944- actor.
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Floberg, Bjørn, 1947- actor.
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Armand, Gisken, 1962- actor.
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Bonnevie, Maria, 1973- actor.
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Bø, Eli, production designer.
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Øverås, Håkon, film editor.
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Jenssen, Geir, 1962- composer (expression)
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Thurmann-Andersen, Erling, 1945-2002, director of photography.
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Romney, Jonathan, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Norsk Film AS, production company.
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Nordic Screen Production AS, production company.
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Norsk filminstitutt, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Remade as (work): Insomnia (Motion picture : 2002)
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| ISBN |
9781604658682 |
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1604658681 |
| Standard No. |
715515120111 |
| Music No. |
CC2379D The Criterion Collection |
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