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Light Sleeper
1992 · Film · 103 min
Directed by Paul Schrader
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
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Light Sleeper is such a great movie. Has a tone and feeling that I have looked for in many other movies but haven’t found. Closest I’ve found is maybe Mann’s Thief?
Totally agree, excellent film. Though I think the author exaggerates a bit how obscure Mishima is outside of Japan. In particular Mishima has seen a recent renaissance among the online right.
Other good Schrader films (though in very different veins than Mishima) include Light Sleeper and his more recent The Card Counter.