The best-of of Al Pacino

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2004)

I've just had the DVD this week end, and I couldn't help it, I saw the film at least 5 times... This is the best film I saw from Al, the film title Insomnia reflects exactly the state of the actor... Pacino leads an inquiry on a brutal death of a teenager, in a lost town in Alaska. while chasing the criminal(Williams), he accidentally kills his partner, and make of Williams the author of this accident... It's then the debut of a long insomnia in a country where the sun never sets... Natural landscapes of Alaska serve remarkably the story. However, it's difficult to talk about Insomnia without mentioning the psychological idea of intrigue. The movie deals mainly with one question: How to live with the sentiment of guilt? till when a lie can possess you? Nolan answers it with the parts related to sleep in the movie.
I particularly loved the performance of Pacino in this movie, it was in one word amazing, during all the movie you could notice the fatigue on his face... he was like someone who really suffers from insomnia.
I recommend this movie to everyone who haven't seen it, and especially for those who liked "Memento"...