Before Sunrise (1995)

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Directed by Richard Linklater.

Starring Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke.

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Richard Linklater's third feature -- set, like his other works, over the course of one 24-hour period -- Before Sunrise is a sweet, intelligent romantic comedy filmed primarily in Austria. It stars Ethan Hawke as Jesse, a young American travelling through Europe. On a train he meets Celine, a French student portrayed by Julie Delpy. Together they leave the train to begin exploring the city of Vienna, walking and talking into the wee hours of the night and slowly falling in love as the minutes before Jesse's return to the U.S. tick away. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

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Before Sunrise (1995, USA/Austr ...
by CinemaRian in CinemaRian Blog

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"My sophomore year of college, I was working late one night as a desk clerk at one of the dorms. There was usually nothing to do except sit and read, and talk to anyone coming in who was equally bored as I was. That night, three guys walked in and we started talking about music. We talked for a full half hour, during which we performed an impromptu performance of the Beatles "Blackbird", which I sang. They invited to me to join their band as the lead singer. We exchanged contact information, and as I left, I looked at the card and saw a glimpse into the future- I was never going to call them, and they were never going to call me. Before Sunrise is a movie about romantic encounter like that, one that we have all had at least once, and sometimes repeatedly- with different people, of course and we do not often realize the chances for the relationship working out- usually, low. The romance here is between two Gen-X'ers in their early twenties, an American named Jesse (Ethan Hawke ... " [More]

Disjointed and disappointing
by unclefestering in unclefestering Blog

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"I have to admit that I think Richard Linklater’s work runs hot and cold for me. I loved his early works like Dazed and Confused (1993) and Before Sunrise (1995). I love some of his more experimental work like A Scanner Darkly (2006). But some of his movies just fall completely flat. Sadly, Fast Food Nation is in this last category. I think part of it is that the subject is just too big for a dramatic movie like this. He just didn’t find a way to get a plot in his polemic against the fast food industry. Also some poor casting choices like Greg Kinnear hamper the movie. It almost seems that Linklater agrees, since his character disappears in the second half of the movie. I wanted to like it. The subject of the movie is right up my alley. Unfortunately, the plodding pace and painful exposition just made me keep checking my watch. . " [More]

Back from 'Paris'
by minerwerks in minerwerks Blog

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"There is a stable of actors that have maintained a great deal of credibility in my mind basically because I associate them with a period in my life where I was discovering a wide variety of films. Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg will always bring me back to the mid 90s when I was spent my college years overdosing on all the movies I could. Goldberg was the neurotic guy in the backseat during 'Dazed and Confused.' Delpy was the adorable love interest of 'Before Sunrise.'Neither has broken out as a major star, but both have had consistent, intriguing careers. Goldberg wrote and directed a feature a few years back, 'I Love Your Work,' for which he provided some incidental music. Now it's Delpy's turn writing, directing and providing the music for her own film (she edits, too!), Goldberg is on board as Delpy's on-screen American boyfriend.'2 Days in Paris' opens as Marion (Delpy) and Jack (Goldberg) are arriving in Paris, and we can tell there ... " [More]

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"I’ve just returned from a screening of 2 Days in Paris, a comedy written, directed, starring and edited by Julie Delpy of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset fame. Delpy has been very vocal about how her involvement in those Richard Linklater films helped her get funding for Paris. But I wonder if Delpy’s candor isn’t doing her new film a disservice. Earlier today, I read a review of Paris in L Magazine (via GreenCine Daily) which seems to exemplify the general critical reaction to the picture. “The movie suffers terribly of course from the inevitable comparisons to Before Sunrise/Sunset,” writes Benjamin Strong “But in all fairness to Delpy, show me a film that wouldn’t.” With that in mind, I came home from the Paris screening and watched several clips of Sunset on YouTube (cough cough the whole movie’s there in eight parts cough cough), and I think the comparison actually made 2 Days in Paris stand out to me as a more original film. It’s fair to make comparisons. 2 Days in Paris, like B ... " [More]

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"I was just (yesterday) introduced to spout.com by Four Eyed Monsters (at foureyedmonsters.com) and I am enjoying it greatly. I love the fact that the makers of the film get some credit for sending me to this lovely place. What more can a person who love lists and has always (actually only for a few years now) wished to begin recounting all the movies she has seen, give them some description and have a list of them! (Well, originally I wished that for books, but films too.) Thank You creaters of this place and makers of Four Eyed Monsters.As to the film - it was mostly impressing. It is as tasteful as the website suggests, it is romantic, beautiful, original and I loved the story. I hope to watch podcasts and other stuff the authors have to offer as well as get the quality download at some point in my life (probably when I start earning something).Somehow I have always wanted to be different, to have something other than everyone else has. Even though I know that in this world whe ... " [More]

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by Risselada in Philosophy of Film

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"Those darn prepositions. It's easy to get hung up on them.I think it would be easier to criticize a movie like this if it seemed to carry more pretense. Richard Linklater has said that the construction of the movie is just ideas and scenes that he either could never find ways to fit into other films or were meant for other films but never made the final cut. It's a hodge podge script-wise, and it's that way stylistically. Almost every scene was animated by a different artist. It's really just a series of short films that are loosely connected. Luckily the plot that connects them is just as mysterious and ethereal in a way. This is as opposed to some other films like Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2 which seemed like a bunch of stylistically different short films but were often forced too hard into a more tangible narrative. Or if you look at theme as opposed to style, it's opposed to the Matrix movies, especially Reloaded and Revolutions which tried ... " [More]

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With Slacker and Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater established himself as one of the more perceptive directors to delve into young adult experience in the last decades of the 20th century. With Before Sunrise, he went a step further, proving himself capable of exposing the soulful poignancy lurking at the heart of Gen-X affectation. An unapologetically dialogue-driven movie, Before Sunrise avoids the usual pitfalls associated with excessive talk, thanks to Linklater's insightful, heartfelt screenplay and winning performances from Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. Delpy is engagingly easy-going, giving the feeling that she's ready for anything, and Hawke radiates surprising charm as the prototypical American abroad. He and Delpy are always entertaining, so that, rather than craving action, we want the two to keep talking, and come to regret the imminent sunrise almost as much as they do. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide

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