Sleep

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Sleep is an experimental 1963 avant-garde film by Andy Warhol consisting of extended, nearly static footage of poet John Giorno sleeping.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde film
experimental film
underground film
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Andy Warhol
depicts John Giorno sleeping
director Andy Warhol
exhibitedAt Film-Makers' Cooperative screenings
featuresCharacter John Giorno
filmingLocation New York City
followedBy Empire (1964 film)
format 16 mm film
hasArtisticMovement Pop art-related cinema
hasAudienceReaction challenging viewing experience
controversial for length
hasCastMember John Giorno
hasCinematographyStyle long takes
static shots
hasDialogue none
hasGenre avant-garde
experimental
structural film
hasSubject sleep
hasTheme everyday life
observation
repetition
time
hasWorkType feature-length film
influenced durational cinema
structural film movement
isSilent true
movement New York underground film scene
notableFor extended nearly motionless footage
extreme duration
minimalist cinematic structure
originalLanguage English
partOf Andy Warhol filmography
producer Andy Warhol
releaseDate 1963-01-17
releaseYear 1963
runtimeMinutes 321
starring John Giorno
workPeriodOfArtist early 1960s Andy Warhol films

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sleep (1963 film) ("sleep")
hasSubject
Andy Warhol
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