Story of movie Sleep 1963 Film :
Sleep is a 1963 American film by Andy Warhol consisting of long take footage of John Giorno, his lover at the time, sleeping for five hours and 20 minutes.
| Sleep | |
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| Directed by | Andy Warhol |
| Starring | John Giorno |
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Running time | 321 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
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.
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