On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 17:46:42 -0800, RainLover wrote:

I was just curious. I suspect that the readers here aren't the
regular art house, movie-going crowd here, but I'm wondering if anyone
else saw "The Machinist"?

This post is more about artsy-fartsy crap, but since the movie *IS*
about a machinist, and since a person gets his arm ripped off in a
machine, I figure it's "on topic" enough.

It's been haunting me for over a week now.


THANKS!!

James, Seattle



I saw it the other night.

I liked it as a type of movie that needed to be discussed with friends
afterwards over some coffee (to help get that insomnia started). We wanted
to try and understand what/why/how the lead machinist went through and if it
was even remotely possible. How much sleep deprivation could a person
handle? How are the prisoners in Git-mo handling the sleep
deprivation/torture?

I didn't like it as a "who done it" thriller movie. I thought the director
gave too much away and was fairly predictable. Not predictable to the very
end, but he gave enough clues away so that I wasn't very surprised by
anything that happened. It was as if Hitchcock directed it after a
sleepless night and hungover.

The movie did leave me with an uneasy, gritty feeling afterwards and I'm
glad I went to see it with a machinist friend rather than with my wife.
Thinking more about the movie now, I'm getting that "haunting" feeling again
that you're experiencing.

I am a tad perturbed about the title. It could have been called The
Sanitation Worker, The Editor, The Accountant, The Plumber... the fact that
he was a machinist was not really important. The character could have been
anybody and certain situations (like arm ripping in a machine) could have
easily been changed to suit the profession. The theme had nothing to do
with his occupation. So while I saw the movie because it was about a
machinist rather than a plumber, I felt a little misled by the title.

Overall, I give it a thumbs up and would recommend it to most people. I
wouldn't take queasy people.


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