The Machinist

[Lia]

Have you seen “The Machinist”? Reznik reminded me so much of Raskolnikov (at least in some aspects).

I found the entire film dostoevskyan (forgive the barbarism). To remind people these days that they should have a conscience. . . isn’t that a great idea?  

Don’t you believe some of the people you know react like this – can’t sleep that well or drink too much or relentlessly search for fun and entertainment – because of that little voice in their heads that tries to tell them we become too ruthless and cruel?

[Worm]

Yeah, i agree, that's a very great idea~it's more realistic than people commonly believe, imo.


I saw "The Machinist" about 4 years ago~great film.
I remember a beautiful scene, where he was in the bathroom; his spine was visible through his skin as if he was a lizard, the camera went into his eye.

[Autolycus]

There is actually a shot in the movie where you see Christian Bale reading D's The Idiot. I have yet to read the book so I couldn't tell you if it had anything to do with the plot but the movie definitely has a Dostoevskian feel.

[Slovenly Old Man]

I think that The Machinist felt very Dostoevskian indeed...... it seemed to take elements of Crime and Punishment, as well as The Double......

what it took from the Double was the somewhat schizophrenic delusions of the protagonist at his job which seemed to bring his co-workers against him.....

what it took from Crime & punishment was: it seems like the protagonist was suffering from extreme guilt, and his mental disorder wasn't resolved until he turned himself in, facing his crime