Sleep Furiously
United Kingdom
2008
94 Min
Color
1.85:1
Welsh, English
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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Identity blowing with the wind
By Bernadette 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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