Sleep Always

Name: Sleep Always
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-12-07
Duration: 1 h 21 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Ed Fielding, Laurie Maher, Fred Spek

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7.8/10

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Drama

Recorded entirely on super 8 film, Sleep Always tells the story of a lonely and isolated Canadian jazz musician who forms a friendship with Nada, a strange homeless girl, and his growing obs... Read allRecorded entirely on super 8 film, Sleep Always tells the story of a lonely and isolated Canadian jazz musician who forms a friendship with Nada, a strange homeless girl, and his growing obsession with her.Recorded entirely on super 8 film, Sleep Always tells the story of a lonely and isolated Canadian jazz musician who forms a friendship with Nada, a strange homeless girl, and his growing obsession with her.

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7.8/10

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Trivia
The first feature-length film to be shot in the "Super-Duper 8" widescreen system. It follows the same principles as the popular Super 16 process, where the film is exposed to the very edge for a wider frame. However, since the expanded film gate only makes the exposed image 13% wider (to approx. 1.50:1 aspect ratio), the shots were re-framed to 1.85:1 during the telecine process.

Soundtracks
Swing Thing
By Frank Nevada
Performed by Frank Nevada, Steve Koch, Marty Lake, Don Kerr
Produced by Steve Koch and Dave Richards
From the CD Recordings 89-99
Used with permission

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8/10

Masters of Super 8!

As many have already observed, Sleep Always is a brilliant technical achievement. The Super-Duper 8 format gives an affordable film stock the impressive look and feel of 16mm. In fact, I was floored when I found out this wasn't 16mm. The film also has seamless synchronized sound, which is often next to impossible to achieve with Super 8.

This on its own is impressive, but filmmakers Rick Palidwor and Mitch Perkins have also crafted a film perfectly suited to this format, the tale of a man, Frank, with a doomed obsession for a homeless woman, Nada. The actress who plays Nada, Laurie Maher, has a commanding on-screen presence. The character Frank is wonderfully meek, although somewhat grating at times. The chronology of events is deliberately skewed, adding interest to the way the characters interact. There is a definite disconnect from reality throughout film, creating a dream-like atmosphere, yet the characters are both familiar and real.

A film that should be required viewing for all independent film enthusiasts, hopefully Sleep Always will reach a wide audience over time and inspire others to work with this amazing new film format.

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