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Sleepless Nights Stories

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Filmmaker Jonas Mekas traces 25 stories from his life.

Critics Reviews

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Manohla Dargis New York Times 12/14/2011
3/5
Mr. Mekas makes little attempt to smooth out his transitions between takes or scenes, which only reinforces the intensely personal, even handmade nature of the work. Go to Full Review Eric Hynes Time Out 12/13/2011
3/5
The movie indulges a few too many whims, but it's never less than alive. Go to Full Review Nick Pinkerton Village Voice 12/13/2011
More often, Mekas's focus on "names" comes off as a cloistered insensitivity to the wider world. Go to Full Review Jesse Cataldo MUBI 01/09/2018
It proves that Mekas is still very much awake, contemplating the broad gulfs of the past and future, the little life that, as Shakespeare put it, "is rounded with a sleep." Go to Full Review Derek Smith Tiny Mix Tapes 10/04/2017
2.5/5
Sleepless Nights Stories merely lingers on the personal, and the mundanity that was so magical in one film is now rendered just plain ordinary and dull. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jonas Mekas

Director

Louis Garrel

Cinematographer

Jonas Mekas

Cinematographer

Thomas Boujut

Cinematographer

Jonas Lozoraitis

Cinematographer

Benn Northover

Cinematographer

Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Jonas Mekas traces 25 stories from his life.
Director
Jonas Mekas
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 54m