No No Sleep (traditional Chinese: 無無眠; simplified Chinese: 无无眠; pinyin: Wu wu mian) 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.
| No No Sleep | |
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| 無無眠 | |
| Directed by | Tsai Ming-liang |
| Produced by | David Cao |
| Starring | Masanobu Andō Lee Kang-sheng |
| Cinematography | Pen-Jung Liao |
| Edited by | Chen-Ching Lei |
Production company | Youku.com (China) |
| Distributed by | Youku.com (China) |
Release date |
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Running time | 34 minutes |
| Country | China/Taiwan/Hong Kong |
| Language | None |
Plot
editNo 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ivan Teo (20 July 2015). "'Thanatos, Drunk 醉.生梦死' wins big at Taipei Film Festival". Grate News. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Patrick Frater (18 July 2015). "Thanatos, Drunk' Soaks Up Top Awards at Taipei Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Nadin Mai (17 May 2015). "No No Sleep – Tsai Ming-liang (2015)". The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Nick Newman (19 May 2015). "Watch Tsai Ming-liang's Latest Project 'No No Sleep'". The Film Stage. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Martin Teller (23 May 2015). "No No Sleep". MartinTeller. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
External links
edit- China version (Censored)
- International version (Uncensored)