An Underrated Movie

There is a Kicking and Screaming other than the awful Will Ferrell one. It was directed by Noah Baumbach, who later directed The Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding, and released in 1995, and is probably one of the most quotable post-collegiate malaise movies ever. (Surprisingly a large category!)

“How can you be nostalgic? We only graduated four months ago.”

“I’m nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday. I’ve begun reminiscing events before they even happen. I’m reminiscing this right now. I can’t go to the bar because I’ve already been there in my mind, and I didn’t have a good time.”

Question: is there a word that means, “To do something specifically for its value as a memory”? If not, there should be.

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