Thoughts on The Machinist
(this poster is from a really excellent site, stuff24 blog, with awesome minimalistic movie posters)
-Anyway, you've heard of this by now, most likely as that movie where Christian Bale auditions for The Nightmare Before Christmas on Broadway. Believe it or not, there's a story to go along with said 120-pound-ing (ohhhh!).
-A machine worker in California (actually, this was filmed in the worst parts of Barcelona. Make of that what you will) has had insomnia for a year, progressively losing more and more weight, and finds solace only in the arms of a kindly, genuinely affectionate prostitute, Stevie (an excellent, tired-looking Jennifer Jason Leigh), and a friendly airport waitress, Maria (a lovely Aitana Sánchez-Gijón). However (yeah), he is apparently being haunted by a supposed coworker, Ivan (John Sharian). And other things.
-Cerebral and creepy, with that grimy-lenses thing that actually works here, and a twist that actually makes sense when you're watching.
-Though, apparently, Chistian Bale's character, Trevor, was an asshole a year ago. My conclusion.
-Holy shit, is he thin. Not as thin as so pimped, but it's a wonder he can even walk. Way to commit, good sir.
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I actually haven't seen The Machinist. I really want to but those pics of super-thin Christian Bale freak me out so much I dunno if I could really watch it. Or even really pay attention to story cuz I'd be too busy going "Agh, he looks like a skeleton person and it's freaky"
...Christian Bale - does method acting - and goes all out for it!
Sugary: He's wearing a shirt for most of it, you can't even tell.
Dan: Hells yeah.
Saw this in high school when Bale was basically an unknown. Saw "American Psycho." Did not make a connection. Saw "Batman Begins." Saw "The Machinist" again. STILL did not make a connection. Looked at IMDb. Shock of my life.
I wanted to feed Trevor with a giant double cheeseburger with animal-style fries so badly. On me.
It was a good movie, but damn he was scrawny! Remember the running scene towards the end? I read he had starved himself so much, he could barely do it. His leg muscles had degenerated that much. That's crazy dedication.
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