No No Sleep Explained

No No Sleep
Native Name:無無眠
Director:Tsai Ming-liang
Producer:David Cao
Starring:Masanobu Andō
Lee Kang-sheng
Cinematography:Pen-Jung Liao
Editing:Chen-Ching Lei
Studio:Youku.com (China)
Distributor:Youku.com (China)
Runtime:34 minutes
Country:China/Taiwan/Hong Kong
Language:None

No No Sleep is a 2015 mainland China—Taiwan—Hong Kong short film by Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang, winning Best Director at the Taipei Film Awards in 2015.[1] [2] It features Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng and Japanese actor Masanobu Andō, and includes non-sexual full-frontal male nudity.

Plot

No No Sleep consists of a series of scenes filmed with a static camera and without dialogue in a variety of urban locations, such as train tracks, a subway train, a bath-house and a sleep chamber.[3] [4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Thanatos, Drunk 醉.生梦死' wins big at Taipei Film Festival. Grate News. Ivan Teo. 20 July 2015. 6 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Thanatos, Drunk' Soaks Up Top Awards at Taipei Film Festival. Variety. Patrick Frater. 18 July 2015. 6 May 2018.
  3. Web site: No No Sleep – Tsai Ming-liang (2015). The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. Nadin Mai. 17 May 2015. 6 May 2018.
  4. Web site: Watch Tsai Ming-liang's Latest Project 'No No Sleep'. The Film Stage. Nick Newman. 19 May 2015. 6 May 2018.
  5. Web site: No No Sleep. MartinTeller. Martin Teller. 23 May 2015. 6 May 2018.