Insomnia

Have you ever suffered from sleep deprivation? Lain awake through the night, the gleam from the clock a searchlight directly into your brain? You think of things to do tomorrow, things you forgot today. Then try to think of nothing. Check the clock. Try to get comfortable. The lucky ones claim a few hours of sleep before the alarm tears it away. It's an ironic affliction. Too awake by night, too exhausted by day. Eventually the flickers of movement on the periphery of vision creep closer to the center, become faces, creatures, images. What was you just saw? Look closer, nothing's there. You experience a marginal separation from reality through a faint hum, a slight phase shift. It becomes hard to focus. An increasing sense of dread. Something bad will happen. Don't know when. Or how bad. Tired. Weary. Struggling to stay normal. Will it never end? Al Pacino and Robin Williams engage in a anxious dance of conspiracy and cover-up in a remote Alaskan town, blurring the line between right and wrong. Creepy. Unsettling. Hard to look away. Check it out. If you liked the movies below, you'll probably like this one (and visa versa): Silence of the Lambs After Hours Manhunter The Usual Suspects The Corruptor Overall Rating: 8 (where 1=Worthless, 10=Fabulous) Eight-Facet Info Rating, rated on a scale of 0 (None) to 4 (Lots!)):

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