Wide Awake
by Alan Berliner
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Actor: William C. DementDirector: Alan Berliner
Brand: HBO Home Video
Cinematographer: Ian Vollmer
Editor: Alan Berliner
Writer: Alan Berliner
Producer: Emily Stevens
Producer: Lisa Heller
Producer: Natalya Trifonov
Producer: Sheila Nevins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 79 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 94034
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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- WIDE AWAKE is filmmaker Alan Berliner's uniquely personal tour through a lifelong obsession with insomnia. In the spirit of his highly acclaimed personal documentary films, Berliner once again uses his own life as a laboratory, this time to illuminate how a restless mind that won't shut down at night leaves him feeling "jet lagged in my own time zone." A brilliantly edited blend of the hilarious a
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Movie Review: Wide Awake Informative, Entertaining
Summary: 5 Stars
As with Alan Berliner's other films, including The Sweetest Sound, Nobody's Business, Intimate Stranger, and The Family Album, Wide Awake is a fact-based film that plays more like a subjective personal essay than an objective documentary. While providing a wealth of information from highly credible sources about insomnia, sleeping, and dreaming, the film also delves into the personal struggle of the filmmaker and his lifelong affliction with not being able to sleep at night.
A highly revealing film, Berliner opens his home to the camera and allows himself (and his wife) to be filmed while he sleeps -- or at least attempts to sleep. His visit to a sleep clinic is also chronicled, with embarrassing proof that he does indeed snore when he finally dozes off. Brief glimpses of old archival footage, quirky dream sequences based on his actual dreams, and a diverse collection of sound effects adds a fun twist to an otherwise serious subject.
Fueled by his middle-of-the-night artistic inspiration, ultimately Berliner finds himself faced with the question: If he starts sleeping like everyone else, will he turn into everyone else and lose his creative edge? But if he doesn't start sleeping like everyone else, will he lose too much precious time with his wife and son?
This film is a delightful must-see for everyone interested in sleeping and dreaming.
Leslie Halpern, author of Dreams on Film: The Cinematic Struggle Between Art and Science and Reel Romance: The Lovers' Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies.
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