![]() Whether it is a documentary though, would be hard to establish: it’s more of a hybrid between documentary and fiction, which follows Krzysiek (Krzysztof Baginski), an art school student, and a bunch of his friends, through the nightlife of contemporary Warsaw. ![]() Previously, it has been shown in the international documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival, where Marczak was named best director. Opening at the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles today and the IFC Center in NYC on 4/14.ĭirector Michal Marczak will be doing Q&As on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 (following the 7:30 pm shows) with intros both nights for the 9:50 pm show.Michal Marczak’s second feature (after Fuck for Forest, 2013), All These Sleepless Nights (Wszystkie nieprzespane noce), had its Polish premiere at the New Horizons Film Festival in Wroclaw. ‘All These Sleepless Nights’ is rated R for language and smoking throughout, drug use and some sexuality/graphic nudity. By the film’s end, it may still be wandering, but at least it is dancing. What Marczak has made is a quiet, pulsing portrait of the restlessness of not knowing where to go. And, perhaps, that is what makes the blurry “is it actually a documentary or is it a narrative” line almost moot. He doesn’t have a particularly dynamic personality that leads to anything especially emotional. Nothing much becomes of Krzysztof he doesn’t seem to gain much from his experiences. Narrative time is a construct in his film this is also confirmed through Krzysztof’s sparse, but fascinating voiceovers.īut then again, All These Sleepless Nights can feel rather meandering because it is just that. He makes the most generic of evenings at the club seem mystic and timeless. The dance sequences are particularly wonderful – abstract moves set to an ambient soundtrack, shot in wide frames, with Marczak seeming to dance around the characters himself. In the same fashion as Malick, Marczak does a beautiful job of making little moments feel transcendent. ![]() It seems to take place over months, but it feels like a few days. All These Sleepless Nights feels like one long day morphing into one long night. The title of the film should hint at that. … a wistful and dreamy portrait of youth, love, hedonism, and a whole lot of dancing.īut time is rather irrelevant to Krzysztof and his friends. There is no arc so to speak, but this does give the film a sense of time and narrative trajectory, of sorts. ![]() ![]() He falls into a brief relationship with Michal’s ex-girlfriend, Eva Lebuef, and briefly falls out of his friendship Michal. He sprints on top of parked police cars and walks through the subway tunnels. With his roommate Michal Huszcza, he roams around the city into the wee hours of the morning, dancing in clubs, dancing on the beach and dancing in the streets. The film follows post-relationship Krzysztof Baginski, a Warsaw twenty-something rediscovering a sense of freedom he seems to have lost touch with. Nonetheless, the third film from young Polish director Michal Marczak is a wistful and dreamy portrait of youth, love, hedonism, and a whole lot of dancing. It blurs the line between narrative and nonfiction in a way that feels like a trick or mismarketing, intentional or not. It is impossibly cinematic and stirringly intimate. The faux-documentary feels like one long day morphing into one long night.Īll These Sleepless Nights is a billed as a documentary but from the get-go though, it is hard to see how. ![]()
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