downes_n

I bought a copy of Sleep Always to study it's film format, Super-Duper 8. I ended up enthralled with the story, it's unique characteristics, so much so that it took me till the 3rd viewing before I even got down to studying the Super-Duper 8 format itself. The story itself is about a mans decent into obsession, jealousy, and self-destruction. You watch him throw his life away for a woman that does not want him. With the character of the next-door neighbor acting as a kind of "devil on the shoulder" pointing out to the audience the central characters self-destructive course. The acting, while not up to Hollywood blockbuster levels, is fairly decent, better than a lot of movies I've run across lately with multi-million dollar budgets. The style is unique unto itself, and with the now cancellation of the film stock used, will likely never be replicated again.

For it's beauty, for it's style, for the art, this movie is marvelous.