Woody Allen’s Sleeper Woody Allen’s Sleeper

Sleeper is a hit, which at front glance, appears to be about nothing plainly when fashioning people express joy, but when examined more closely might appear to be a commentary on politics, consumerism and change surface love. This film is supposed to be woody Allens take on a modern silent film, and in that respect argon definitely similarities to the silent film classics of baby buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, most notably the physical mental capacity that defined the humourous sub-genre of comedy.Scenes like those with the gargantuan produce or the awakening of dendroidal Allens character, Miles Monroe are absolute gems and caused me to laugh hysterically the first time I saw them. They also appear to only exist for the sole purpose of making the viewer laugh. If the briny character in a film only believes in end up 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 suppor t parcel of this claim as the futuristic parliamentary procedure in which Miles has woken up appears to be obsess with ways of increasing pleasure- both emotionally and sexually.We see a glimpse of this finale during the dinner party hosted by Luna in which the Orgasmatron and the Orb are introduced for the first time. The aspect in which Miles is acting like a robot and trying to pass most the orb, but only drugging himself is humourous and the introduction of the Orgasmatron is absolutely ridiculous since Luna says, I think we should have had sex, but in that respect werent enough people. Suddenly, sex is just aboutthing that appears overly complicated and has been replaced by machines.One of the two things that Miles believes in has been replaced by machines and technology. In fact, I solicit that the other thing he believes in death- has also been replaced by machines and technology. Miles has been cryogenically frozen for two hundred years- obviously he should ha ve been unawares by now. Instead, technology has taken extraneous the other thing he believes in. So what whence, does Miles and consequently the film believe in? Obviously the future, in which Miles has found himself in, is imbibe by a Totalitarian presidential term led by a potentate whom he spends a large absolute majority of he film trying to overthrow. Is the film a policy-making commentary then? Certainly, Woody Allen spends a lot of time highlighting the police force and the grayback faction which has formed against the government. He purge manages to throw in a some quips regarding the politics of 1973 America. We see the absolute unusefulness of said police force and we perceive Miles comment on how the rebels will only when replace the existing government in a cyclic fashion. But there still isnt enough. Even the flirt between Miles and Luna seems to be empty and almost like an afterthought.I just dont think that there is enough kernel to qualify this as a political film, a commentary on consumerism or even a romance story. In the end, I argue that maybe this pic isnt really about anything at all. Maybe it is simply a crotchety film that highlights screwball comedy and has some of the elements of a science fiction celluloid. Whether or not it is a movie with a deeper message, Sleeper is still a movie that I thoroughly enjoyed and a considerable introduction to Woody Allen.