All Day & All Night

All Day & All Night is a video essay on skateboarding & a modern way of life:

Whereas skateboarding is often articulated as counter-culture to both capitalism and mainstream society, we perhaps demonstrate similarly bizarre and ritualistic behaviours than we care to believe. This documentary-style video essay, collaged with skateboarding and b-roll footage filmed in London, explores the similarities between skateboarders and the society in which the culture often seeks to resist. By examining these similarities, we begin to elucidate convergences and divergences with the video ultimately looking to explore an overall stranglehold of modern life and often futile attempts to escape societal norms.

– Tom Critchley & Javier Varillas.

Written and voice-over by Tom Critchley. Edited by Javier Varillas. Filmed by Javier Varillas & Michal Majer. Additional filming by Tom Critchley. Starring: Tom Critchley, Javier Varillas & Michal Majer. Guest appearances: Lewis Bell, Alex Tibble & Ben Peel. Music by 65daysofstatic.