Alan Berliner’s WIDE AWAKE is an eye opener. The first-person documentary offers an understanding of insomnia in cinematic terms, inventively tossing and turning through the sleepless nights and bleary days of Berliner’s world while he ruminates on the topic. Nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, the multi-layered work is a delightful collage of dream interpretation, interviews, quirky arcs of logic, found footage, and pauses for discovery and self-reflection.
During the San Francisco International Film Festival, Susan Tavernetti spoke with Berliner about how WIDE AWAKE transcends the personal to become a fascinating study of social issues and the nature of creativity itself.
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