Arthur Dichter thinks he is dying of insomnia, but the reality is much more frightening. In this surreal puzzle film, Dichter turns from his wife to a private journal to record his deepest fears. Anna knows her husband lives in a waking nightmare where delusions and reality blend, but is powerless to help him. As Arthur's disease gives way to despair, loneliness, and alienation, he and Anna hang onto their last shred of hope. This atmospheric film explores personal identity, marital discord, and contemporary life, turning narrative and chronology inside out to find the darkest corners of the human spirit. With music from avant-garde legends AMM, Art Bears, and Stephen O'Malley's Ginnungagap.
Score
AMM and Sunn O)))'s O'Malley? Noise as narrative glue.
Editing
Chronology shredded like Arthur's sanity. Deliberately disorienting.
Director
Anthony Stagliano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
That 1.0 TMDB rating? Likely from a single baffled viewer. The film barely screened before vanishing into total obscurity.
Stagliano's background in philosophy shows—this is dissertation-core horror, more Kierkegaard than Carpenter. The Art Bears inclusion nods to British avant-prog's own obsession with fragmentation and dread.
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