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LYDIA TÁR: Oh, yes, I suppose we should sacrifice the mechanical ambitions of Jak X: Combat Racing and the technical prowess of A Thief’s End to the ever-evolving, reckless defenestrations of contemporary culture’s most regressive whims. Great art—like Cortex Strikes Back, or Keef the Thief—requires dedication, young man. Would you want your nascent work to be defined by how…

Adapted by “Happy Hour” and “Asako I & II” auteur Ryûsuke Hamaguchi from a short story by Haruki Murakami, “Drive My Car” is a head-on collision between an emerging filmmaker fascinated by the interior lives of women, and a famous author who… is not (to say nothing of his other charms, Murakami is more into mysterious pixie dream girls). But these two wildly disparate storytellers aren’t the only people vying for control of the wheel in this beguiling three-hour gem, as…

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SLEEP HAS HER HOUSE is now available on Blu-ray and as a high definition  at: scottbarley.com

As the sole distributor, this is the only place to purchase the film. You will be directly ing me too! Thank you. 

Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C)
Edition of 500
Sleep Has Her House
Digitally remastered video and sound

Extras:
Sleep Has Her House signed artwork print
Unique print of a frame from the film, signed by Scott Barley
Dimensions: 12 x 15 cm

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