Sleep (1964 film)
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| Directed by | Andy Warhol |
| Starring | John Giorno |
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Running time | 321 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sleep is a 1963 American film by Andy Warhol consisting of long take footage of John Giorno, his close friend at the time, sleeping for five hours and 20 minutes.[1]
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.[2]
Sleep premiered on January 17, 1964, presented by Jonas Mekas at the Gramercy Arts Theater as a fundraiser for Film-makers' Cooperative. Of the nine people who attended the premiere, two left during the first hour.[3]
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External links
- Sleep at IMDb
- Sleep at AllMovie
- Sleep by Andy Warhol
- My 15 Minutes - John Giorno about his appearance in Sleep
