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To Sleep With Anger

Danny Glover
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Overview

Charles Burnett's beautiful, poetic masterpiece is novelistic in its narrative density and richness of characterization. Harry Mention (Danny Glover), an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon (Paul Butler), who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's charming, down-home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange and powerful effect on Gideon and his thoroughly assimilated black, middle-class family, including wife Suzie (Mary Alice) and sons Junior (Carl Lumbly) and Babe (Richard Brooks). The household was already rife with conflict when the devilish guest arrived, and Harry's grab bag of folktales, lucky charms, and foul magic only deepens the family rift. Sickness and insanity gradually descend upon Gideon's home, and it soon becomes evident that something will have to give. Burnett, who gained prominence with his groundbreaking 1977 film KILLER OF SHEEP, proves with this powerful drama that his earlier effort was no fluke. He paces his film extremely slowly, to the point where subtle throwaway gestures contribute to the film's thickening tension. Glover, known more for his sympathetic performances, is a perfect Harry, an individual so contradictory that he becomes even more of a hidden devil.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Charles Burnett - Director
Danny Glover

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 715515226714
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: PG (MPAA)
  • Release Date: February 2019

Movie Reviews

Notes:
Theatrical release: October 26, 1990. Concerning life in the South, writer-producer Charles Burnett commented, "Then you knew your neighbor.Until the Civil Rights movement, and the riots, this community held steady. Isn't that strange, that after Civil Rights it fell apart?" Jimmy Witherspoon performs "See See Rider," and Ethel Ayler performs "Stand by Me." Additional songs: "Walkin', Talkin' and Singin' the Blues" (written by Dave Clark, Thomisene Anderson, Tommy Tate) "I Hear You Thinking" (written by George Jackson, Arthur Liggins, James Griffin) "Annie Mae's Café" (written by Larry Addison, George Jackson, performed by Little Milton Campbell) "Down Home Blues" (written by George Jackson, performed by Z. Z. Hill) "Open House at My House" (written by Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland, performed by Z. Z. Hill) Additional credit: Johnathan Meizler (assistant director). Concerning life in the South, writer-producer Charles Burnett commented, "Then you knew your neighbor. Until the civil rights movement, and the riots, this community held steady. Isn't that strange, that after civil rights it fell apart?"

Reviews:
"...[Burnett] has mixed past and present, poetry and realism, humor and terror, to make a unique and unforgettable film..." - 11/01/1990 Rolling Stone, p.96


"...A very entertaining, complex film, a comedy of unusual substance that also manages to keep the audience in suspense..." - 10/05/1990 New York Times, p.C10


"...Stirring, ticklish and provocative....Glover is at the top of his game here; it may be his finest performance..." - 08/26/1992 Los Angeles Times, p.F3


"...Glover's blend of malevolence and charm is magnetic, the supporting turns are uniformly top-notch and the movie's emotional impact is impossible to deny..." - 05/01/2002 Total Film, p.102


"With an excellent blues, gospel and jazz soundtrack to boot." - 07/01/2004 Uncut, p.146

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