- Sleep (film)
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name = Sleep
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director =Andy Warhol
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starring =John Giorno
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released =1963
runtime = 321 min.
country =USA
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imdb_id = 0187513"Sleep" is a 1963 film by
Andy Warhol which consists oflong take footage ofJohn 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 intotwelve-step programs ."External links
*imdb title|0187513|Sleep
* [http://www.warholstars.org/filmch/sleep.html Sleep by Andy Warhol]
* [http://www.warholstars.org/warhol/warhol1/warhol1b/johngiorno.html "My 15 Minutes"] - John Giorno about his appearance in "Sleep".
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