Movie

The Machinist

2004 · 102 min

A gaunt, haunted descent into paranoia that tightens around you like a hangman's noose, rewarding patience with a chilling, sad payoff.

Tagline: How do you wake up from a nightmare if you’re not asleep?
Overview: Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, obsession, isolation, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
obsession
isolation
memory
redemption
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild