Max Richter’s Sleep
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Description
Max Richter’s Sleep by Natalie Johns follows the composer and his creative partner Yulia Mahr as they prepare an overnight outdoor performance of Richter’s eight-hour work Sleep, a piece written for the threshold between waking and dreaming. Performance footage, private archives, and glimpses of the composition’s origins give the film a quieter rhythm than a standard music portrait. Its focus rests on artistic process, intimacy, and the strange communal space created when listeners gather not to stay alert but to surrender to rest.
Director / Filmmaker
Natalie Johns
About the Director / Filmmaker
Natalie Johns, director, works across documentary, music film, and commercial storytelling with an authorship shaped by performance, intimacy, and real people rather than broadcaster-style factual programming. On her official site she traces a path from live multi-camera music work in the UK into long-form and branded films, while interviews emphasize immersion, emotional directness, and a belief that technology should remain in service of human experience.
Natalie Johns, director, works across documentary, music film, and commercial storytelling with an authorship shaped by performance, intimacy, and real people rather than broadcaster-style factual programming. On her official site she traces a path from live multi-camera music work in the UK into long-form and branded films, while interviews emphasize immersion, emotional directness, and a belief that technology should remain in service of human experience.
Topic
Sleep, Mindfulness
Who It’s Best For
A natural fit for viewers curious about sleep as an environment shaped by sound, routine, and surrender rather than hacks. Musicians, insomniacs, and deep listeners may find more here than people seeking standard sleep advice.
Production Company / Studio
Globe Productions, JA Films
Approach
An overnight performance functions as both subject and structure, with preparation, repetition, and duration shaping the film’s rhythm. Observation outweighs explanation, giving the documentary a meditative, process-led form rather than a strongly argued critical stance.
Duration
99 Minutes
Year
2019
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