{"id":17022,"date":"2023-02-17T13:29:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T13:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.high-focus.com\/home\/?p=17022"},"modified":"2023-05-09T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T17:04:00","slug":"ed-scissor-presents-post-sleep-abridged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.high-focus.com\/home\/ed-scissor-presents-post-sleep-abridged\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Scissor Presents &#8216;POST SLEEP : ABRIDGED&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>POST SLEEP : ABRIDGED <\/b>is the final piece in Ed Scissor\u2019s most recent creative canon; a project with foundations in a book (Second Edition OUT NOW), later an audiobook, and lastly, a movie offered up as the final act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Blurring the lines between waking life and dreams, <b>POST SLEEP : ABRIDGED <\/b>is a self-directed, self-edited and (largely) self-shot film that invites the viewer on a journey for fresh knowledge among the streets, woodlands, and ancient and modern landmarks of merry England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Combining a variety of storytelling techniques and driven by an abridged audiobook score, <b>POST SLEEP : ABRIDGED<\/b> sees Ed document his burning desire to <i>move<\/i> by burning it all and re-finding his way, searching out the subtle vibrations between normal and abnormal beyond the breeze-block walls of his new build home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Ed Scissor - 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