A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night
A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night
1983, English. Directed by Martha Rosler.
Artist Martha Rosler identifies the totalitarian implications of an argument for torture under certain circumstances, as it appears in the editorial pages of Newsweek magazine.
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- 1h 3m
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- English
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- 1 January 1983
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A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1983. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night?
A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night (1983) was directed by Martha Rosler and stars Martha Rosler, Lyn Blumenthal, John Strauss.