Before Sunrise (1995)
As I said in a previous post about "Reality Bites", I was impressed with the performance of Ethan Hawke, aaaaand I was thinking of watching this movie for a long time anyway, so it finally felt like time. In case you don't know this one, it is the first movie of The Before Trilogy by Richard Linklater (the author of "Boyhood") -- "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset"and "Before Midnight". So, the first one:
Plot: A young american tourist meet a young french woman on a train to Vienna. He's actually going to Vienna to catch a plane to go home and she is just passing by, going home to Paris. They start talking and as it is time for him to departure, he suggest that she would go with. "Go crazy once in your life, spend a day with total stranger, to see what they might have missed or regretted". They end up spending day in Vienna, the first and the last one together.
Thoughts: Oh man, this is one beautiful, beautiful movie. Not that much is happening, but it wins you over with the chemistry between actors, with its humble nature, deep thoughts, beautiful ideas, and the best part is - that the movie is so relatable. No wonder it falls into "The Top 250"movies on IMDB. Yes, the words and the chemistry are the biggest strength of this one.
Actors: Ok, I'm, still amazed by Ethan Hawke. Not that I have a crush on him or even find him attractive, but he has something believable about him. He does! And Julie Delpy... I didn't even know she was actually french! She reminded me of a friend and she just felt so real. You know? Two perfect actors in probably greatest roles of their lives.
Scenes: I feel I have to mention some essential scenes in a movie. First, the infamous train scene. They meet, they sit across one another, the guy tells a touching story about seeing his grandma's ghost. really opens up. Then there's a scene, that was probably my favourite. So they are in this record shop, they see some random record and like "You wanna see if this listening booth still work?". I'm just gotta share it. It's so simple, yet so capturing. No cuts, no angles, no nothing basically, just some tension, some glimpses... just a finest piece of cinema.
And the last scene I wanna talk about is the scene you all have probably seen somewhere before. Yes, the famous dinner scene. They pretend to call each others friends back home to tell them about this crazy adventure in Vienna. It's priceless to see one another talk about the same experience from their perspective, their thought on one another and how they feel. Another example of great piece of cinema. So good!
Quotes: As I said before, this movie had some deep thoughts, ideas and such, I just feel like sharing the best ones --
If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.
OK, well this was my thought: 50,000 years ago, there are not even a million people on the planet. 10,000 years ago, there's, like, two million people on the planet. Now there's between five and six billion people on the planet, right? Now, if we all have our own, like, individual, unique soul, right, where do they all come from? You know, are modern souls only a fraction of the original souls? 'Cause if they are, that represents a 5,000 to 1 split of each soul in the last 50,000 years, which is, like, a blip in the Earth's time. You know, so at best we're like these tiny fractions of people, you know, walking... I mean, is that why we're so scattered?
I used to think that if none of your family or friends knew you were dead, it was like not really being dead. People can invent the best and the worst for youIMDB gives this 8.1 and it is Top 250 #203. I honestly think this one of the examples of how a good, deep, thoughtful movie should look like. I can't wait to see the following two movies!
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