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Wide Awake

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Director Alan Berliner has a problem: He can't sleep. For much of his life, Berliner has been plagued by insomnia. It's left an indelible impact on both his career as a filmmaker and his personal relationships. In this documentary, Berliner examines his condition and his long, futile search for a good night's sleep. He talks with his family and a panoply of doctors and uses a meticulous assemblage of vintage film clips to illustrate his own disjointed mental state come bedtime.

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John Anderson Variety 01/25/2006
No one will be nodding out at Wide Awake. Go to Full Review James Greenberg The Hollywood Reporter 01/23/2006
The film plays like an open window on the mind of an obsessed and tortured artist. Go to Full Review Karina Longworth Cinematical 02/01/2008
It's possibly Alan Berliner's most personal documentary ever. Go to Full Review Don R. Lewis Film Threat 02/04/2006
2/5
To make a personal documentary click, you really have to be willing to get in the trenches with the subject and that just doesn't happen here. Go to Full Review Eric D. Snider eFilmCritic.com 02/03/2006
B
A fascinatingly self-indulgent look at one man's battle with insomnia. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/24/2011 A entretaining and terrific experimental documentary about the battle of the filmmaker Alan Berliner against the insomnia, how this problem influence in his life, in his family and his job. Wide Awake, present with good humor the subject in the main character, make the audience identify oneself with Berliner, and could help some views that suffer with this same disturbance. A modern chronicle about a contemporaneous enemy. Fresh. See more 06/11/2010 I was interested in this since many of my clients can't sleep or have sleep problems. very informative and engaging. See more 10/25/2009 It was interesting. Mostly boring at times, but you can see in the filmmaker that his battle is real and you feel for him. He's a pretty amateur filmmaker though, no real talent and that's why he has done very little else. Maybe he should watch his documentary and he'll find the cure!!! See more 07/14/2009 Akkurat underholdende nok til fire stjerner. Det har mye å gjøre med at jeg kjenner meg igjen i mye av det som blir sagt. Mye fin bruk av materiale som setter stemningen. Det er absolutt en gammelmannsfilm, men det gjør ikke noe. Gleder meg til å se den om bestefaren, hvis den går an å få tak i. God natt! See more 12/07/2008 As a documentary, it didn't really answer any questions and instead fed Berliner's self-indulgent ego and his unwillingness to change. I felt sorry for his wife. You won't miss much by missing this. See more 09/27/2008 long but interesting See more Read all reviews
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Alan Berliner

Director

William C. Dement

Self

Alan Berliner

Writer

Alan Berliner

Producer

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Ian Vollmer

Cinematographer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Director Alan Berliner has a problem: He can't sleep. For much of his life, Berliner has been plagued by insomnia. It's left an indelible impact on both his career as a filmmaker and his personal relationships. In this documentary, Berliner examines his condition and his long, futile search for a good night's sleep. He talks with his family and a panoply of doctors and uses a meticulous assemblage of vintage film clips to illustrate his own disjointed mental state come bedtime.
Director
Alan Berliner
Producer
Alan Berliner
Screenwriter
Alan Berliner
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 3, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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