a dream-like and mysterious film that wonderfully transforms into a homage to the history and elegance of the artistry of 'silent-films'. a suspenseful crime thriller on the surface, but a poetic and enigmatic world of silent film captivates the undertones and takes over the plot-points of the film.
To Sleep So as to Dream follows an nontraditional format for the 1980's, it blends the silent-film dialogue of instances of dialogue being cuts to words on a screen, as the main protagonists are never heard speaking; but the sounds and effects around them are audible - along with the antagonists and ephemerally ambiguous missing Bellflower. I think this is a really subtle way to immerse the main protagonists into the world of silent-films, it shows that they are slipping away from reality and instead crossing into a fictitious and dream-like world, one that is endless and without resolution. meanwhile, the characters that do have dialogue, the ones in power and dominance are the antagonists - which can show their manipulation and grasp on the world that the detectives navigate/inhabit.
a super surreal film, with many twists and turns that seem to just keep spiraling on top of one another. I think the acting is pretty good, but the plot as described and analyzed above, can be a little confusing to someone who is not 100% immersed.
a dream-like and mysterious film that wonderfully transforms into a homage to the history and elegance of the artistry of 'silent-films'. a suspenseful crime thriller on the surface, but a poetic and enigmatic world of silent film captivates the undertones and takes over the plot-points of the film.
To Sleep So as to Dream follows an nontraditional format for the 1980's, it blends the silent-film dialogue of instances of dialogue being cuts to words on a screen, as the main protagonists are never heard speaking; but the sounds and effects around them are audible - along with the antagonists and ephemerally ambiguous missing Bellflower. I think this is a really subtle way to immerse the main protagonists into the world of silent-films, it shows that they are slipping away from reality and instead crossing into a fictitious and dream-like world, one that is endless and without resolution. meanwhile, the characters that do have dialogue, the ones in power and dominance are the antagonists - which can show their manipulation and grasp on the world that the detectives navigate/inhabit.
a super surreal film, with many twists and turns that seem to just keep spiraling on top of one another. I think the acting is pretty good, but the plot as described and analyzed above, can be a little confusing to someone who is not 100% immersed.
