PRODUCEDVirtual Image Productions
DIRECTION, CAMERA & EDITINGDouglas Porter
SOUND RECORDINGJane Porter
FUNDINGCanada Council for the Arts
Losing Sleep presents interview footage of a self-confessed
computer hacker who is struggling with chronic insomnia. His work on the computer
has become such an all-encompassing cyberworld that, for him, returning to
the grounded physical world is a frightening endeavour.
‘Giving in’ to sleep seems like a violent surrender. Yet only by submitting to simple physical acts, such as long deliberate walks late at night, can he find rest.
PART THREE OF THE BARREN MOON TRILOGY
14:27 minutes NTSC 1996
DISTRIBUTION www.vtape.org