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Christian Bale delivers one of cinema's most sacrificial performances in Brad Anderson's mesmerizing thriller. Written by Scott Kosar (2003's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), THE MACHINIST takes place in a bleak and nondescript American city, where Trevor Reznick (Bale) is quite literally withering away to nothing. During the day Trevor works in a colorless industrial factory, while at night he seeks refuge in the bed of a tender prostitute, Stevie (Jennifer Jason Leigh). For reasons unknown even to Trevor, he hasn't been able to sleep for an entire year. In the process, he has shed over sixty pounds, making him look like a walking skeleton. After an accident at the factory costs Trevor his job, he finds himself tracking a mysterious figure that may or may not, in fact, provide some answers to his confusion. Meanwhile, he begins to connect with a pretty airport waitress, Marie (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), who shows Trevor some much-needed sympathy. By the time the film builds to its revelatory conclusion, it becomes quite clear just what has been tormenting Trevor all along.
Anderson and Kosar's vision is brought to spectacular life by cinematographer Xavi Gimenez and composer Roque Banos, whose haunting atmospherics recall the best work of Alfred Hitchcock. And then, of course, there is Bale, whose performance is as terrifying, brave, and devastating as the screen has ever seen.
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Blu-ray Disc Features:
Region [unknown]
NTSC
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby True HD 5.1 - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Subtitles - English - SDH
Subtitles - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary:
1. Director Brad Anderson
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailer
Additional Scenes:
1. Trevor Visits Mysterious Grave
2. Alternate Intersection Crosscut with Burning Paper
3. Pensive Trevor (Alternate Transition to Airport)
4. Stevie's Mysterious "John"
5. Alternate Chase Ending Revealing Chimneys
6. Trevor Tries To Skip Town
7. Trevor Confronts Mother at Cemetery
8. Alternative Version of Holding Cell
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 Posted on December 31, 2008 |
| Reviewed by: Chris |
'The Machinist' is one of the strangest movies I have seen in a long time. One will notice though that it follows in the footsteps of films like Memento and Fight Club, in which we have a main...
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 Posted on October 15, 2007 |
| Reviewed by: Tim |
Favorite Movie Quotes from : The Machinist Trevor Reznik: I wish there is someway I can repay you. Miller: Well, for a start, you can give me your left arm. Another film that I didn't know anything...
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 Posted on May 27, 2007 |
| Reviewed by: Zara |
Sorry, boys. I'm all for depressing stories, hopeless plot twists and sketchy dealings all around. NORMALLY. But there was something about this movie that rubbed me the wrong way. Boring, slow, ugly,...
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