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I Don't Want To Sleep Alone

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I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 30  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7/10
 
Consensus: A powerful meditation on loneliness and longing. With little dialogue, Tsai Ming-liang takes the viewer through a powerful journey of loneliness and longing. more
 
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Theatrical Release: May 9, 2007 Limited
Synopsis:
Homeless on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Hsiao Kang is robbed, beaten and left for dead; he is found and nursed by Rawang, an immigrant worker, who lives in the shell of a modernist building abandoned during construction. Rawang's feelings for his patient may or may not be sexual, but there's... [More]
Homeless on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Hsiao Kang is robbed, beaten and left for dead; he is found and nursed by Rawang, an immigrant worker, who lives in the shell of a modernist building abandoned during construction. Rawang's feelings for his patient may or may not be sexual, but there's definitely something like lust in the eyes of Chyi, a waitress in a run-down old coffee shop, when they light upon the recovering Hsiao Kang. And so a triangle forms as a blanket of noxious fog settles on the city and everyone has trouble breathing. Simulateously erotic and comical, the film underpins Tsai's deadpan allegory with hints of social realism. --© Strand Releasing [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Siong-Chyi, Norman Bin Atun, Pearlly Chua

Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Screenwriter: Tsai Ming-Liang
Producer: Bruno Pesery, Vincent Wang

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 6, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - Bengari, Chinese, Mandarin, Malay
  • Subtitles - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer

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A gorgeous film that won't disappoint.

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02/08/08 01:46 PM
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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Tsai's style is essentially written in stone at this point, and [this] hardly challenges it. [He] is as visually adept here as ever, right up to the film's peaceful final shot.

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01/08/08 07:20 PM
Jeremy Heilman
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A subtle, slow-moving presentation of hope and responsibility that will test your patience if you are not a fan of elliptical, dreamlike narratives like those in Tsai's films.

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11/29/07 05:26 PM
Michele Kenner
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Music interlaces the action, which proceeds mostly without words, expression or, regrettably, interest.

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11/16/07 09:36 AM
Anthony Quinn
Independent
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Working from a sombre palette and with little to no dialogue, Tsai crafts a dazed fantasy about companionship and its power to revivify.

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11/16/07 08:29 AM
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Spare an evening, if you feel adventurous.

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11/15/07 09:08 AM
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
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Directors who come up with films with "sleep" in the title shouldn't be this dull if they don't want glib comments made about them. Yes, I Don't Want To Sleep Alone is a snooze-fest.

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11/15/07 08:20 AM
Sam Jordison
Channel 4 Film
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While not as erotic as other films by this director, there’s a languid sensuality to the story.

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11/15/07 06:49 AM
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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This mostly wordless saga is striking but slight.

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11/14/07 09:42 AM
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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Tsai’s long, static, near-wordless takes may try the patience of some, but fans will be enchanted by his new-found warmth.

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11/14/07 09:24 AM
Philip Kemp
Total Film
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from the most prosaic of foundations, Tsai has erected a somnolent reverie on alienation, desire and restlessness.

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11/14/07 07:22 AM
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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An enigmatic fable of longing and loneliness in present-day Kuala Lumpur.

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11/06/07 03:15 AM
Tom Dawson
BBC
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The hormones here don't rage so much as unfurl over two exquisite hours.

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09/14/07 04:07 PM
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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08/30/07 03:16 AM
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine
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If it is sometimes confusing sifting through the characters drifting throughthe Malaysian nights, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is nonetheless successfulin creating a mood that lingers.

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08/26/07 10:19 AM
Laura Clifford
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It's a return to the dreamy style of Tsai's studies in urban alienation and social disconnection, in which feelings often are suppressed and words are rarely spoken...

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07/26/07 05:55 PM
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Tsai’s drama is something like a mixture of Robert Bresson and R.W. Fassbinder, as God’s bedraggled souls struggle with the desires of the damned, and nobody wants to go into that good night alone.

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07/20/07 01:25 PM
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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For Tsai’s fans, Sleep offers many pleasures, including a heightened attention to nocturnal beauty and a gorgeous, uncharacteristic surrealism.

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07/12/07 03:15 AM
Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out
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It takes some careful attention and a not insignificant amount of patience, but if you can modify your expectations accordingly, Sleep is a highly rewarding experience.

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06/12/07 03:25 AM
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly
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I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is a title to keep in mind while absorbing this allusive, humid mood piece.

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06/08/07 07:55 PM
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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