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4.6/10   144 votes
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Director:
Andy Warhol
Plot:
Footage of John Giorno sleeping for five hours. | add synopsis
User Comments:
I may be crazy but I like it more (5 total)

Cast

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John Giorno ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
321 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Canada:G

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Trivia:
The film was shot on Memorial Day weekend in 1963 in the apartment of poet John Giorno, Andy Warhol's lover at the time. Giorno woke up to find Warhol watching him sleep and Warhol asked him if he'd like to be a movie star. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) more

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28 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
I may be crazy but I like it, 29 April 1999
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Author: Petr Ferenc from Prague, Czech Republic

This movie can take you to a completely different world. I've seen it in an empty cinema (Andy Warhol's exhibition in Vienna), with my girlfriend and our friend. He was the only one who didn't fall asleep there. I slept for a while not because it was boring but because I was tired from watching Andy Warhol's Empire (8 hours). It was really one of the most peaceful and clear movies I've ever seen. Watching all the small movements of the sleeping body (John Giorno), the shadows on it and all the details was a nice game that took 5 hours 21 minutes. At the beginning of the show a guy came in and fell asleep in the cinema. His loud snoring was the best soundtrack you can imagine.

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