The Science of Sleep (movie)

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Anyone seen this? Any opinions on it?

I watched it a couple nights ago, and it really got to me. I was (for the sake of honesty) really baked at the time, but I don't think that was it. The movie just felt, well, familiar on some wavelengths.

I know it is a surrealist film. I'm not a huge fan of those kind of movies, but it did look kind of interesting

It was portrayed as a comedy, and though it had some funny moments, I found it to be anything but.

It wasn't frightening, or anything like that, it just really bothered me for some reason. Not saying I didn't like it, I think it is an amazing film, it just got to me for whatever reason.

Some of the scenes just really, I don't know the right word, "clicked" for me. The one scene where he basically had his head underneath the bar tap for example. At least a couple instances where I thought to myself "This is all too familiar."

Oh...I loved the movie so much I went to see it three times in the theater. Will get the dvd, too, when it comes out. It was very touching, wasn't it? Stephane definitely seemed to be on the spectrum. Gael Garcia Bernal portrayed him with such sweetness and sensitivity. Loved it. Thanks for reminding me that I now have to get the dvd.

Here's the link for anyone interested in checking the movie out:

http://wip.warnerbros.com/scienceofsleep/

ugh, it is absolutely stuck in my head. I don't feel as bad about posting...again...since nobody's posted in this sub-forum for a while so I'm not simply bumping it pointlessly. It is at the top anyways.

I keep thinking about the movie. I keep thinking about the details, the minor and the major. There's a familiarity about it that bothers me. When I'm not watching it, I feel like the movie is on loop in my head, or I think about watching it. While I'm watching it, I'm both entranced and ill.

I didn't think I'd get obsessed with a movie, let alone so quickly. If it were a different movie, I might be in a good mood about it, as it has taken away a lot of the time I had spent thinking about Monday. This, it isn't a tragedy, it is just my own little personal hell. No, not hell, not downright negative. Insightful, yet maddening, if that makes any sense at all.

I absolutely loved it.It can be "read" in many ways,and it speaks to many parts of self(mine and others).I thought it was actually a fairly simple,sweet story,it just wasn't a linear structure.I liked the overtly surreal aspects,but the "magic" was in it's tiers of nuance.

I sawit on a double bill woith Hollywoodland (I guess I wasnt homeless at thatttime)
I wanted to see Hollywoodland
I'll see subtitled movies BUT I wasn't aware/had forgotten that it was=, ( Subtitled movies are a bit more work to watch)and, I just wasn't in the mood, and, I think my sugar/sleepiness might've been acting up, and, I think I actually left and went to the Internet cafe across the street and posted some as I was just feeling antsy re: the movie, though I then came back to the theater.
I just wasnt quite in the mood then I'm not putting it down as much as this may make it sound.
Perhaps I felt resentful that I wasn't a "cool,hip,with-it young person" like the movie's protaginist! Not putting a " laugh " or a " Ha , ha " here "...

I liked it but felt it was a bit too repetitive, and the protagonist's decisions started to really annoy me. The artistic style was wonderfully creative, though.

I really enjoyed this film - supported it too - twice viewed at the local arthouse theatre. The multi-ethnic/multi-lingual world shown is a major plus for me - a welcome change from the universal Americana portrayed by Hollywood.

The awkwardness of the main character in relational to his love interest was familiar - different than my own awkwardness in similar situations - but familiar all the same.