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In Reply to: review of insomnia posted by njjohn on October 19, 2002 at 20:55:34:
I also watched Insomnia last night, and I really enjoyed it. I have a question: When he left the hotel at the end of the movie, the desk clerk was on the bed. Was she sleeping? Did he kill her (because he had told her the truth)?JD
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it would not be a possiblility for l.a. detective (al pacino) to kill the desk clerk. that's not in that character, and an event like that would throw the whole movie off.
his character is much more conscientious than that. he would not tell some one too much than kill that person. cause he is in control of his situation, and he would not set things up like that or make that kind of mistake.
Then why was she lying (sleeping) on his bed?
i admit, it was not paying too much attention to the scene. but they were developing sort of a relationship, if you can have a relationship with a man that does not sleep.she was becoming his confident, and i guess it turned into a little more.
i know the boundaries between the good guys and the bad guys is what the film is about, but...... don't take it too far.
that's an interesting idea for a film. the cop turns into a maniac serial killer, as he's hunting down one.
maybe that's not past the interest of this director. but this director seems focused more on exploring fundamental ideas like self-deception and how far do you 'reasonably' go to protect the innocent. seems to me, he's using the film to raise a philosophical issue, not as a study in maniacs.
the cop is really compelled, it seems to me, by his morality, by his strong belief in right and wrong. that's why he does what he does at the end. he risks his life for his belief.
it would be fundamentally wrong for him to kill an innocent bystander through his own mistake. that would take the philosophical edge off the film.
All good points. I'm not trying to look too deep into this, but when I watched the movie it just seemed odd that she was lying on the bed in his room as he was leaving. It looked like she was sleeping. Maybe they did make love. Or, maybe she was making a point to say "look, it's not that difficult to sleep in here."
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