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| | reverse shot : online : winter 2004 |
 | | Death is present, literally, and tonally, from the first frames of The Machinist, subtly emanating from the washed-out darkness of the fluorescent-lit palette of blues, greens, and grays, which lends a murky, underwater complexion to the film's industrial wasteland setting. |
 | | Toying with memory and fantasy, The Machinist cites movies ranging from Insomnia (for obvious reasons) to Memento (post-it notes strewn everywhere) to Jacob's Ladder (with its collision of the external and internal). |
 | | Within The Machinist, this construct works on many levels, as everywhere Trevor turns, he sees or hears details which echo back other meanings and past incidents which hint at the roots of his self-destructive insomnia. |
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