From time to time Hollywood mines European film formaterial. Two Norwegian films were remade in the USin the 90s and early 00s. One, Christopher Nolan'sInsomnia, turned out quite a good Hollywood thriller,the other, Jim Wilson's Head Above Water, aforgettable movie-of-the-week. Ida Jahr attempts inthis book, through analyzing the changes made to theNorwegian originals, to find out what Nolan did rightand what Wilson did wrong.