Sleep (film)
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| Sleep | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andy Warhol |
| Starring | John Giorno |
| Release date(s) | 1963 |
| Running time | 321 min. |
| Country | USA |
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| IMDb profile | |
Sleep is a 1963 film by Andy Warhol which consists of long take footage of John Giorno, his lover at the time, sleeping for over five hours. The film was one of Warhol's first experiments with filmmaking, and was created as an "anti-film". Warhol would later extend this technique to his eight-hour-long film Empire.
The film is referenced in an episode of Daria, in which Jane remarks "Andy Warhol filmed eight hours of a guy sleeping and people thought it was brilliant". To this Daria responds "These people felt different after they got into twelve-step programs."
[edit] External links
- Sleep at the Internet Movie Database
- Sleep by Andy Warhol
- My 15 Minutes - John Giorno about his appearance in Sleep.
