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It's when the grey haired gentleman repeats "Someone should teach you how to behave one of these days" like a macabre lullaby that this short movie becomes really creepy. Perhaps they didn't realize this when they were writing it, but repetition (like dreams that come back)has its power in this brief yet mind gripping tale of insomnia. The girl playing the psychiatrist is good at communicating her increasing disorientation at a dream that behaves like a human being. Her patient, for whose role they have chosen Adrien Brody's replica, is being killed every time he falls asleep and she must find a way to stop this. She will use hypnosis to explore the dream, but as the movie's tag line suggests she will soon find out that sleeping is not always dreaming. This is one of those rare shorts that make you want to see the whole thing. A full length feature with all characters and plot elements explored in depth. By the way, great soundtrack too!