Actors: Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Maria Mathiesen, Gisken Armand, Kristian Figenschow, Thor Michael Aamodt
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Language: NORWEGIAN: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect
Ratio: 1.85:1
Number
of Discs: 2 (BD/DVD)
Rating: Unrated
Orig.
Release Date: 1997
Studio: Criterion
Release
Date: 7/22/2014
Run
Time: 96 Min.
- Trailer - original trailer for Insomnia. In Norwegian, with optional English subtitles. (2 min, 1080i).
- Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard - in this brand new video interview, director Erik Skjoldbjærg and Stellan Skarsgard discuss the production history of Insomnia,
its unique identity (and specifically its twisting of the classic noir
qualities), the locations seen in the film and their unique qualities
(the majority of the film was shot in Tromso, director Erik
Skjoldbjærg's hometown), cinematographer Erling Thurmann-Andersen's
important contribution, the casting process, the original script for the
film, etc. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in Oslo
in 2014. In English, not subtitled. (21 min, 1080p).
- Erik Skjoldbjærg - presented here are two short
films which Erik Skjoldbjærg directed while he attending the National
Film and Television School in London. Erik Skjoldbjærg was the first
Norwegian to attend the prestigious institution.
- 1. Near Winter (1993) - in Norwegian, with printed English subtitles. (35 min, 1080p).
- 2. Close to Home (1994) - in English, not subtitled. (31 min, 1080p).
- Booklet - 20-page illustrated booklet featuring Jonathan Romney's essay "Unbearable Lightness" and technical credits.
In this elegantly unsettling murder mystery, Stellan Skarsgård 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 facts surrounding the heinous killing, his own
demons and the tyrannical midnight sun begin to take a toll.
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