![]() ![]() The people Krzysztof meets on his journey are exactly the same. The camera follows Krzysztof (Krzysztof Baginski), a young man on the edge of adulthood, as he dances and drinks his way from house party to house party through Warsaw’s thriving electronic dance music scene. The movie is one long dance of images and of youth. Capturing that reckless abandon isn’t an easy task, but the new Polish movie All These Sleepless Nights does, telling one man’s story as an early adulthood memoir set in the present tense.ĭirected by Michal Marczak, All These Sleepless Nights is a little like a Terrence Malick movie without the spiritual overtones and a little like a Gaspar Noé movie without the misogyny. Back then, life was eternally in the present there was nothing to hold you back, and there was nothing the future couldn’t be. You’re always prepping for the next whatever. As we get older, life becomes muddled and foggy, bogged down by the constantly growing to-do lists that must be handled. ![]() Psychologists have a term for this experience: Reminiscence Bump-the tendency for our minds to hold on to a greater number of memories from adolescence and early adulthood than any other period in our lives. Have you ever wondered why memories from your high school and college years always seem the clearest? The fondest? Back in the day, music sounded better, beer tasted crisper, energy was boundless, and you, and only you, really understood how the world worked and what it all meant.
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