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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.
Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and co-written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The first installment in the Before trilogy, it follows Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) as they meet on a Eurail train and disembark in Vienna to spend the night together.
It is not made explicitly clear until after the closing credits of 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 ,but 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆’s ability to toe the line between fantasy and reality is inspired by a chance encounter that would forever be ingrained in Richard Linklater’s memory. In the fall of 1989 a woman by the name of Amy Lehrhaupt met Linklater in a toy shop while passing by in Philadelphia, and they ended up spending the entirety of their day in addition to the entire night with one another. According to Linklater the conversations between him and Amy mirrored the seriousness of those between Céline e and Jesse - about art, science, film, the entire gamut - and they shared at least one kiss before being due to separate the following day.
In analyzing the differences between this story and the one created on screen, 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 intellectualizes this experience for audience members in a way that is believably approachable and holds on to remnants indicative of painfully wishful thinking. Jesse and Céline's initial encounter happens within the context of traveling through a foreign country with entirely provisional intentions; consequently, their openness to one another from the start needs little justification, and the rate at which they bond (given the uncertainty of their separate futures) is inherently plausible. Lehrhaupt and Linklater would go on to exchange contact-information and tried to keep in touch, but the couple was unable to overcome the challenges that come with maintaining intimacy in a long-distance relationship. Because of this, Jesse and Céline were written and conceived as characters that can hypothetically see beyond their horizons with optimism as opposed to expectations: with a commitment to the presence and the moments that are most immediately ordained.
(A not so #fanfact: In various interviews Linklater has admitted to openly lamenting the fact that he never heard back from Amy even after 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 was released, and it was not until three years prior to 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 being released that he would find out at least one reason for this. why. On May 9th, 1994 Lehrhaupt died in a motorcycle accident, and 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 would start filming a few weeks later).
Linklater spent nine months alone trying to find actors that would fill the roles of Jesse and Céline . Ethan Hawke's was originally labeled as being “too young”, but would be offered his part after auditioning amongst approximately 10,000 other people. The acquisition and securing of Julie Delpy (who was considered alongside bigger names like Gwyneth Paltrow Jennifer Aniston) was due in part because of her French accent as it would give the impression that Jesse is meeting someone that is “ outer worldly” and after doing a reading with Hawke it would be evident that their chemistry was both palpable and absorbing.
Hawkes and Delphy's influence on 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 Before Sunrise would go beyond their physical presence on screen: they would allegedly re-write almost the entire contents of its screenplay.
Their improvisations would change the tone of their interactions from mechanical to romantically inclined: with the flexuous nature of their relationship being captured through the enormity of nuances that define it. As separate personalities Jesse and Céline are revealed as having significant differences that make conflict inevitable - like variances in cynicism optimism making themselves intermittently explicit - with their similarities acting as an inescapable magnet between these seemingly star-crossed lovers.
Is 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 self-indulgent? To some degree - arguably so.
The universality of the interests plaguing its characters is presumed without question, and this is reinforced by conversations that are rarely dominated by the triviality that sometimes dredges the uniquely human experience. Underneath the surface, however, is a constant desire for catharsis, and the elements making this possible will not be lost on individuals with a consistent and persistent drive towards sociable productivity; 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 ‘s script endorses vulnerability as a liaison to growth, and secondary to this touches on the burdensome impact that time has on our ability to connect with one another in a way that is permanently engraved.
Despite its obsession with personifying the space between the strange and the ordinary as tangle sources of sustenance, 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 maneuvers along without entirely compromising its purpose or flippantly alienating its audience members to the point of inundation or bitter exhaustion. On a personal note, 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 is less about romance to me then it is about coping with a continuity of confusion that often defines who we are: what we perceive as motivation for growth, and how split second decisions can influence the trajectory of our entire lives. Life is not simply a matter of what we give and take away from others, but perhaps more acutely defined as an accumulation of reciprocities resembling perpendicular and paralleled idiosyncrasies.
Whether we all remain tethered to one another directly or merely associated in passing, what we do with both what (and to a further extent, who) we are handed matters: both inside the grand scheme of things and within the confines of our ever assembling and isolated peculiarities.
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