Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
TO SLEEP WITH ANGER
Synopsis
Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in Los Angeles. Harry’s charming, down home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange effect on Gideon and his black, middle-class family.
Synopsis
Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in Los Angeles. Harry’s charming, down home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange effect on Gideon and his black, middle-class family.
Our take
Simmering with intergenerational tension, Charles Burnett’s folkloric masterpiece weaves magical realism into familial dispute, revealing the hidden conflicts of Black middle-class life. Enigmatic yet menacing, Danny Glover is the ultimate devil’s advocate who wreaks havoc with his terrifying charm.