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Sleeper (1973)
★ 6.9 · 839 ratings on TMDB
Woody Allen takes a nostalgic look at the future.
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
DirectorWoody Allen
The emergence reading
Sleeper keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing authority, rebellion, love, technology.
zero-distanceUSauthorityrebellionlovetechnology
Same rung, same subject
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