Woody Allen’s Sleeper Woody Allen’s Sleeper

Sleeper is a carry, which at start off glance, appears to be astir(predicate) no intimacy but making people laugh, but when examined more tight might appear to be a commentary on governing activity, consumerism and even off love. This film is supposed to be woody Allens take on a modern unsounded film, and there are definitely similarities to the silent film classics of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, most notably the physical humor that delimit the slapstick sub-genre of comedy.Scenes worry those with the giant produce or the awakening of Woody Allens character, Miles Monroe are absolute gems and caused me to laugh hysterically the first cadence I saw them. They also appear to only exist for the doctor purpose of making the viewer laugh. If the chief(prenominal) character in a film only weighs in sex and death does that imply that the main point of the film is also sex and death? At first glance, the slapstick nature of the film appears to support part of this cl aim as the futuristic society in which Miles has woken up appears to be obsessed with shipway of increasing pleasure- both emotionally and sexually.We see a glimpse of this socialization during the dinner party hosted by Luna in which the Orgasmatron and the Orb are introduced for the first time. The scene in which Miles is acting like a robot and attempt to pass around the orb, but only drugging himself is hilarious and the cosmos of the Orgasmatron is absolutely ridiculous since Luna says, I think we should have had sex, but there werent enough people. Suddenly, sex is any(prenominal)thing that appears overly complicated and has been replaced by machines.One of the twain things that Miles believes in has been replaced by machines and technology. In fact, I moot that the other thing he believes in death- has also been replaced by machines and technology. Miles has been cryogenically frozen for 200 years- manifestly he should have been dead by now. Instead, technology has taken out-of-door the other thing he believes in. So what then, does Miles and consequently the film believe in? Obviously the future, in which Miles has found himself in, is run by a Totalitarian government led by a dictator whom he spends a large majority of he film trying to overthrow. Is the film a political commentary then? Certainly, Woody Allen spends a deal out of time highlighting the police force and the rebel faction which has organise against the government. He even manages to throw in a few quips regarding the politics of 1973 America. We see the absolute uselessness of said police force and we understand Miles comment on how the rebels will simply replace the existing government in a cyclic fashion. But there still isnt enough. Even the romance between Miles and Luna seems to be empty and almost like an afterthought.I just dont think that there is enough amount to qualify this as a political film, a commentary on consumerism or even a romance story. In the end, I argue that maybe this flick isnt really about anything at all. maybe it is simply a funny film that highlights screwball comedy and has some of the elements of a science fiction movie. Whether or not it is a movie with a deeper message, Sleeper is still a movie that I soundly enjoyed and a great introduction to Woody Allen.