Rated 7.8 In IMDb But Not In Top 250
A chance encounter on the train between Jesse (Ethan Hawke), an American traveling around Europe, and Celine (Julie Delpy), A French student returning to Paris, incites intrigue. Jesse provocatively suggests that Celine postpone her return to France and embark instead on a spontaneous expedition to Vienna before Jesse has to catch a plane back to the States the following morning. In the course of their 14-hour relationship, the two share their love for the unrehearsed and their appreciation for the unexpected as they explore a powerful meeting of hearts and minds. Dawn breaks. Sad in silence, they make their way to the station. As they bid each other farewell, Jesse is seized by another impulse...to let hilarity ensue.
Trivia: The Ferris wheel Hawke and Delpy ride in Vienna is the same one used in The Third Man (1949) and The Living Daylights (1987). The idea for the movie came from a night Richard Linklater spent walking around Philadelphia with Amy, a woman he met.
Although this movie is not in the Top 250 (It has an IMDb rating of 7.8, Number 250 has a rating of 8.0), You really need to have seen this to understand Before Sunset, it's sequel, which is in the Top 250. This is a very interesting movie because basically it is a long conversation between these two young people who have just meet and find that they are attracted to each other, but because of recent heartbreaks decide that they should have just one perfect night together and not ruin it with broken promises and hurt feelings. I did like how they went back and showed all the places Jesse and Celine had been after they left so you can see that everything is desserted.
Number 173 on IMDb's Top 250
Nine years after they meet on a train in Vienna and spent one perfect night together, Jesse, now a best selling writer, and Celine, who works for an environment protection organization, meet again in Paris. Jesse has written a book about that one night he and Celine spent together and he is on a book tour that happens to stop in Celine's favorite book shop. She has read the book and decided to see if Jesse remembers her. He does and they decided to get reaquainted and let a little hilarity ensue, but there is a slight problem...his plane leaves in a little over an hour and a half...oh, and he is married and has a child.
Trivia: Shooting took a mere 15 days. Though this movie is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, the screenplay is not based upon any existing text. However, the Academy rule book says that all sequels are adaptations. Since the film takes place during the mid-late afternoon, it was the only time of day director Richard Linklater would shoot the scenes in the film. He felt it added to the hyper reality of the film, and often relied on the actors to get perfect takes at the right time.
Well, this is a better film then the first. One, both Jesse and Celine are more mature (by the way, this movie was filmed in 2004 while the first was filmed in 1995, so just like in the story, nine years have passed). Two, Jesse and Celine only have an hour and twenty minutes before he has to leave for the airport, the same length as the movie so the movie takes place in real time which is very cool. Three, this movie is shot with very long takes so the conversation seems to flow effortlessly. It was pretty cool because Hawke and Delpy wrote thier own lines. I also liked the ending where you can see Jesse's decision to stay or to go.
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