The Perfect Sleep
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- Synopsis
- Anton Pardoe, Roselyn Sanchez, and Patrick Bauchau star in this nightmarish film noir about a tortured soul who returns to the city he vowed to leave behind in order to save the woman he knows he can never have....
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- Director(s)
- Jeremy Alter
- Distributor(s)
- Cinema Epoch
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min.
Critic Reviews
Easy on the eyes but brutal on the ears.Read the full review
The Perfect Sleep puts me in mind of a flywheel spinning in the void. It is all burnished brass and shining steel, perfectly balanced as it hums in its orbit; yet, because it occupies a void, it satisfies only itself and touches nothing else. Here is a movie that goes about its business without regard for an audience.Read the full review
Unfortunately, Alter's often inventive work is kneecapped by a deliriously nonsensical script, which misses the mark as both over-the-top parody and straight-faced homage, and could have been intended as either.Read the full review
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Headlines
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Commentary: First-time helmer perfectly suited to stir up 'Sleep' with the best of L.A.
03/18/09 There are many paths to becoming a director or producer, but few have meandered the way Jeremy Alter's has on the way to his helming debut "The Perfect Sleep." | The Hollywood Reporter -
Creating a Unique Thematic and Visual World: “The Perfect Sleep” Director Jeremy Alter
03/15/09 The project came about when, some years back, Anton Pardoe (the film's writer) and I were frustrated trying to get a couple projects past the development stage. | indieWIRE -
INTERVIEW | “The Perfect Sleep” Director Jeremy Alter
03/14/09 The project came about when, some years back, Anton Pardoe (the film's writer) and I were frustrated trying to get a couple projects past the development stage. | indieWIRE -
Review: The Perfect Sleep
03/12/09 Moviefone But nowadays we don't seem to have much use for film noir , unless (of course) it's used as a stylistic choice in movies like Sin City and Watchmen . | Cinematical.com -
AICN & Twitch Present International Eye Candy: COWEB, BEAUTIFUL, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, BOOB, And More!!
03/05/09 Yes, the most striking trailer in this installment of International Eye Candy belongs to the shortest film of them all – total running time a mere two minutes, fifty seconds – and we'll be saving that one for last. | Ain't It Cool News -
'The Perfect Sleep' Brings Noir to NY, LA Soon
03/04/09 Moviefone So it's nice to hear something about The Missing Person out of Sundance or, in today's case, a title called The Perfect Sleep . | Cinematical.com
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