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Sleep Furiously

United Kingdom

2008

94 Min
Color
1.85:1
Welsh, English
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DIR Gideon Koppel

EXEC Mike Figgis, Serge Lalou

PROD Margaret Matheson, Gideon Koppel

DP Gideon Koppel

ED Mario Battistel

MUSIC Aphex Twin

Locarno (International Competition), Telluride

Synopsis

Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel’s parents – both refugees – found a home. This is a landscape and population that is changing rapidly as small scale agriculture is disappearing and the generation who inhabited a pre-mechanised world is dying out. Much influenced by his conversations with the writer Peter Handke, the film maker leads us on a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire. —IMDb

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Edward Copeland

28Jul11

A documentary that's really more of a tone poem than your typical nonfiction look at a Welsh agricultural community would be. Hard to describe, but enchanting to watch. http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2010/07/showing-not-telling.html

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2Nov10

only when the end is near do I gain the courage to speak, the courage but not the words ...

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EastyBoy

9Jul10

This film was great, It had some absolutely beautiful shots.

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4Apr10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously

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FANDOR: SLEEP FURIOUSLY (2008): Interview With Jonathan Marlow

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
On Friday, July 29, 2011, Fandor presented the digital premiere of the acclaimed Welsh documentary sleep furiously (2008) in coordination with its U.S. theatrical release. sleep furiously debuted in the
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Identity blowing with the wind

By Bernade​tte Reed on January 24, 2010

Sleep Furiously: A film by Gideon Koppel

“Sleep Furiously” is taken from a quote by Noam Chomsky “Colourless green ideas sleep furiously” and the film, directed by Gideon Koppel, features the…  read review

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By Josh Bower on July 24, 2009

I was actually lucky enough to see the ‘premiere’ of this film over at theauteurs.com a month or so back, and wrote a little piece about it for the blog. It’s been a while coming, but here we go……  read review

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By Noseeum on June 1, 2009

Sleep Furiously has been described as a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings. In Gideon Koppel’s film, this theme is reflected through the uncertain future of a village…  read review

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By Juan on May 28, 2009

I could have lived perfectly without watching this film. It misses a lot of economy in the way of telling things. Trimming the footage at least 25-30min would have made the film more bareable.
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