# Insomnia vs Rio Bravo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-vs-rio-bravo/765941>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 14, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-vs-rio-bravo/765941 "2016-09-14T16:53:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-vs-rio-bravo/765941/1 "2016-09-14T16:53:14Z")

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I’m 3/4 way through Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia. While watching it I keep thinking of Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo with John Wayne. I have no idea why. What might it be?

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-vs-rio-bravo/765941/2 "2016-09-14T17:41:18Z")

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God only knows. Some weird wiring in your brain established a connection.

When I play solitaire on my phone I keep recalling a scene from HBO’s True Detective (which had nothing to do with solitaire).