The Machinist

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film psychological thriller film

The Machinist is a 2004 psychological thriller film known for Christian Bale’s extreme physical transformation to play an insomniac factory worker descending into paranoia and guilt.

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The Machinist canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
psychological thriller film ⓘ
character Ivan ⓘ
Marie ⓘ
Miller ⓘ
Stevie ⓘ
Trevor Reznik ⓘ
cinematographyBy Xavi Giménez ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
director Brad Anderson ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Classics ⓘ
editedBy Luis de la Madrid ⓘ
filmingLocation Barcelona ⓘ
firstShownAt Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
hasIMDbId tt0361862 ⓘ
influencedBy film noir aesthetics ⓘ
psychological horror traditions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Christian Bale ⓘ
mainCharacter Trevor Reznik ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation factory machinist ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Roque Baños ⓘ
narrativeDevice unreliable narrator ⓘ
notableFor Christian Bale’s extreme weight loss for the role ⓘ
plotSummary An industrial worker who has not slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity as he experiences strange events and increasing paranoia. ⓘ
portrays Christian Bale plays Trevor Reznik ⓘ
producer Carlos Fernández ⓘ
Julio Fernández ⓘ
productionCompany Filmax ⓘ
releaseDate 2004-01-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 2004 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 101 ⓘ
setting industrial factory environment ⓘ
stars Aitana Sánchez-Gijón ⓘ
Christian Bale ⓘ
Jennifer Jason Leigh ⓘ
John Sharian ⓘ
Michael Ironside ⓘ
theme guilt ⓘ
Insomnia ⓘ
surface form: insomnia

paranoia ⓘ
psychological deterioration ⓘ
title The Machinist self-link ⓘ
visualStyle desaturated color palette ⓘ
writer Scott Kosar ⓘ

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Christian Bale → notableWork → The Machinist ⓘ
Michael Ironside → appearedIn → The Machinist ⓘ
The Machinist → title → The Machinist self-link ⓘ
Trevor Reznik → appearsIn → The Machinist ⓘ
Trevor Reznik → firstAppearance → The Machinist ⓘ
Trevor Reznik → createdFor → The Machinist ⓘ
Jennifer Leigh Morrow → notableWork → The Machinist ⓘ