Review of Sleep Furiously (2008) by Marc W — 10 Aug 2009

Surprisingly affecting. Koppel uses a static camera technique to great effect, composing images of rural life and in particular of a part of Wales he clearly knows intimately and that stick in the memory.

Equally the soundscape of the film creates a subtle and evocative sense of atmosphere and calm. If there is any failing its that the film seems to drift a little bit in the last third. But as a meditation on a way of living that seems to be disappearing (in a small close knit community) and as a reflection on the character of a place this is a wonderful little film.