This semester’s films will feature film noir from around the world and from a wide period ranging from 1931 to 2006. Besides telling thrilling stories of crime, the underworld, and femmes fatales, these films examine questions of morality, modernity, the battle of the sexes, and the fine line between right and wrong.
Wednesday, Nov. 1, Liberal Arts Building Room 120.
"Insomnia" Dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway, 1997, 95 minutes
In Troms, Swedish cops aid the Norwegian police in hunting for the ... view more »
This semester’s films will feature film noir from around the world and from a wide period ranging from 1931 to 2006. Besides telling thrilling stories of crime, the underworld, and femmes fatales, these films examine questions of morality, modernity, the battle of the sexes, and the fine line between right and wrong.
Wednesday, Nov. 1, Liberal Arts Building Room 120.
“Insomnia” Dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway, 1997, 95 minutes
In Troms, Swedish cops aid the Norwegian police in hunting for the murderer of a girl, 15. They track a suspect; in the fog near the sea he seems to escape, wounding one policeman. One of the Swedes, Jonas Engström, fires his revolver, accidentally killing his partner. He then tries to cover it up. Over the next several days, the sleepless Engström manipulates the evidence of his partner’s death more and more elaborately as he and others pursue the girl’s killer. Then, he hears from the killer, who has observed him shoot his partner. Is a net closing in on Engström? Will someone police the police?
(synopsis from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119375/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl)
Free & open to the public.
Sponsored by The Departments of Comparative Cultural Studies, English, and Global Languages and Cultures and The College of Arts & Letters.
For more info contact Michael.Rulon@nau.edu or rmg286@nau.edu
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