Product: The Insider [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Too Good for Its Own Good
Michael Mann is probably the most underapreciated Director in Hollywood. After his epic, "HEAT" was butchered for Network Television, bad press surrounded his unwillingness to have his name attached to the hack job. It is understandable as everything in all of his films has significance. And to take aways is to destroy the whole.The Insider continues in his tradition of breathtaking minimalism, and amazing lighting and what more can be said of Al Pacino and Russell Crow. Their performances are phenomenal and the movie, though long, is filled with nuggetts of brilliance and poetry that will take your breath away.Buy this movie! Watch it at least 5 times.