The Insider by Michael Mann

Claudie 2022-04-19 09:01:43

Director Michael Mann contributed a lot of acclaimed and popular films, especially thrillers. Like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro's debut "Heat", Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx's "Collateral" and Daniel Day-Lewis' "The Last of the Mohicans" All his works. Michael Mann's films are known for their intricate camera movements, thoughtful structures, fluid and ambiguous imagery, and characters with complex personalities. These characters tend to fearlessly pursue what they want, even at the cost of losing everything.

This film is Michael Mann's most successful work, based on the exposure of the real experience of Big Tobacco scientist Jeffrey Wigand. Despite the discrepancy between the film and the historical facts, it still eloquently embodies the encouraging truth of a man's devastating information fully exposed through the free media of Big Tobacco's lies. The film earned Michael Mann three Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

In this Michael Mann masterpiece, Al Pacino's "60 Minutes" ace producer and Russell Crowe's Big Tobacco-fired scientist have complex personalities. Watching these two powerful male stars play is very enjoyable. Russell Crowe also won his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

Although the film has 157 minutes, it is not lengthy.

The film also received Oscar nominations for Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10

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  • Dejuan 2022-03-23 09:01:43

    It's pretty boring. I've seen a lot of old Pacino stuff recently, and they're all the same.

  • Murray 2022-03-21 09:01:43

    I like Al Pacino, he is upright, brave and responsible. The reason why America is great is that there are a group of pioneers who dare to stand up and tell the truth. They are the glorious images of human beings. With the existence of such a group of people, can this country be strong?

The Insider quotes

  • Jeffrey Wigand: [to a suspicious-looking fellow golfer] Stay away from me. Stay *away* from me!

  • Lowell Bergman: [Kluster demands that Wigand's interview be censored into an alternate version] I'm not touching my film.

    Eric Kluster: I'm afraid you are.

    Lowell Bergman: No, I'm not.

    Eric Kluster: We're doing this with or without you, Lowell. If you like, I can sign another producer to edit your show.

    Lowell Bergman: Uh, since when has the paragon of investigative journalism allowed LAWYERS to determine the news content on 60 Minutes?