I'm watching a movie called The Machinist starring Christian Bale. Its about the physical and mental deterioration of a factoy worker who hasn't slept in a year. Very strangely fascinating, dark film. All the sequences are rivetting one after the other...the factory accident due to Ivan, a co-worker who only he can see, the sequence at the amusement park with the waitress and her son, his attempts to trace the truth of who Ivan is..etc. And must he put his hands INSIDE the machine to start it, so that it DEFINITELY gets caught??!!
Some trivia about the movie:
Christian Bale starved himself for over 4 months prior to filming, eating one can of tuna and an apple each day (approximately 275 calories) , as his character needed to look drastically thin. According to the DVD commentary, he lost 62 pounds (28 kg), reducing his body weight to 120 pounds (54.4 kg). Bale wanted to go down to 100 pounds (45.3 kg) but the filmmakers would not let him due to health concerns. He later regained the weight, plus an additional 40 pounds (18 kg) due to weightlifting, in preparation for his role in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.
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