Stars: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, John Sharian, Michael Ironside

Director: Brad Anderson

Summary: Trevor Reznik is suffering from serious insomnia, and it's not long before his lack of sleep causes him to have an accident at work. Rather than his co-workers rallying around him, however, they instantly turn against him, and events only get stranger...

Aspect Ratio:	1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Tartan Exclusive Interview With Director Brad Anderson, Commentary By Brad Anderson, The Making Of The Machinist Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Original Theatrical Trailers, Film Notes
Year:	2004
Release Date:	August 1, 2005
Runtime:	98 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	T V D 3569
Keywords:	General, Thriller, Machinist
Genre:	Thriller

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As a bleak and chilling mood piece, The Machinistgets under your skin and stays there. Christian Bale threw himself into the title role with such devotion that he shed an alarming 63 pounds to play Trevor Reznik (talk about "starving artist"!), a factory worker who hasn't slept in a year. He's haunted by some mysterious occurrence that turned him into a paranoid husk, sleepwalking a fine line between harsh reality and nightmare fantasy--a state of mind that leaves him looking disturbingly gaunt and skeletal in appearance. (It's no exaggeration to say that Bale resembles a Holocaust survivor from vintage Nazi-camp liberation newsreels.) In a cinematic territory far removed from his 1998 romantic comedy Next Stop Wonderland, director Brad Anderson orchestrates a grimy, nocturnal world of washed-out blues and grays, as Trevor struggles to assemble the clues of his psychological conundrum. With a friendly hooker (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and airport waitress (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón) as his only stable links to sanity, Trevor reaches critical mass and seems ready to implode just as The Machinistreveals its secrets. For those who don't mind a trip to hell with a theremin-laced soundtrack, The Machinistseems primed for long-term status as a cult thriller on the edge. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com