I'll probably get some crap for this one... but I absolutely love the movie Before Sunrise.
The romantic aspect of travelling is one of the (many) reasons why I'm so drawn to it. (Ha ha, everyone laugh at the hopeless romantic!)
I actually had a Before Sunrise moment this summer when I was in Europe. Met a Finnish girl in Amsterdam and just spent the whole night together, talking about whatever and learning a lot about each other, while roaming the street and discovering the city together. It's just one of those moments of your life that'll stick with you for a while ya know?
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Posts: 186 | Location: NYC | Registered: 03 August 2005
I love the movie, too. Had many a Before Sunrise moments in my travels. Fleeting moments, but they'll be in your memory, and the "what if's" as well. It's fun to dream.
I just caught Before Sunset on cable last night. I liked it a lot - I was totally caught up in the dialogue. Now I want to see Before Sunrise. Are the same people in part 1 (Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy) or is it a much older movie?
"Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam." -Goethe
Posts: 859 | Location: Chicago - USA | Registered: 23 November 2003
Originally posted by Freesia: I just caught Before Sunset on cable last night. I liked it a lot - I was totally caught up in the dialogue. Now I want to see Before Sunrise. Are the same people in part 1 (Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy) or is it a much older movie?
Before Sunrise came out in 1994/1995 I believe, with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delphy. To me it's a much different kind of movie though. It's more about two young people falling love, rather than two older and more cynical people discussing relationships.
Even though I still liked Before Sunset, it was probably more because you care about the characters after watching Before Sunrise.
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Posts: 186 | Location: NYC | Registered: 03 August 2005
I just caught Before Sunset on cable last night. I liked it a lot - I was totally caught up in the dialogue.
Richard Linklater has an almost flawless ear for dialogue. That said, the reason the dialogue in the films is so natural sounding is....because it is. If you look at the credits, Hawke and Delphy get co-writer credit along with Linklater. He obviously had a loose script, then let them riff. (At least in the second one, anyway.) It works perfectly.
Posts: 4928 | Location: Michoacán | Registered: 27 May 2004
I loved both movies. But I am a hopeless romantic so I supose I really have no choice. Ya know that scene at the end of the Wedding Singer when Adam Sandler comes from first class into coach with his guitar singing his song of love to Drew Barrymore?...well I cry everytime I see that.
But anyway its good to know that I am not the only guy that "falls in love" with girls I sit next to on trains and busses.
Posts: 1469 | Location: Anytown, USA | Registered: 07 January 2005
I hadn't thought about this movie in awhile-sigh. I had a 'before sunrise' moment in switzerland-very nice. Hope I have some more on my upcoming trip!!
I have to say that the follow-up movie, "Before Sunset", made me a bit sad. The Ethan Hawke character spent all those years thinking about her and feeling he really lost out on something (If I remember correctly)...which brings me to the question:
Have you ever had a "before sunrise" moment that has stuck with you for years? Ever had any regrets about not pursuing the moment further? Or do you think these moments should always remain isolated in a specific time and place, i.e., Does it ruin the magic if you actually try and turn it something more?
Posts: 184 | Location: Seattle, WA, USA | Registered: 17 June 2004
Well I have this one from last Christmas. It is almost a year later and I still think about her. I posted this in another thread right after it happened and I will post it again since we are on the subject:
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"I took a bus up to seattle over christmas to visit my brother. Between los Angeles and fresno I sat next to 21 year old woman(i am only 22)who had just finished army boot camp and was still in uniform going to visit her family in modesto before going to iraq. It must have been about four a.m. when we left LA. For a couple of hours we both just listened to our headphones and stared out into the black vaccume of night. The sun slowly rose thru the thick fog as we descended from the mountians onto the icy white frost covered earth of the central California valley. We both took off our headphones when she asked me where I was headed. Over the next 5 hours we talked about everything from god to war, and from femmenism to love, loss, and nationalism. As we exchanged ideas and experiences back and forth I watched as the early morning american roadside passed us buy littered with winter frosted farms, old 1950s pickup trucks parked under qaint earthen trees,and old faded billboards reminding us to drink more Ovaltine. We parted ways in fresno with a "Well it was very nice meeting you" and a "Hey, good luck with everything" I didnt know at the time how much I would miss her and think about her in the weeks to come, as I do all of the friends that I have met and lost along the road. If only I had the forsight to ask for these peoples email adresses. Allthough I suppose that a tragic goodbye spoken in ignorance and shortsightedness is far more romantic than a few ackward letters and then the inevitable fizzzlle out.(allthough if anyone might know this person I certanly wouldnt mind an email adress) She probably hasnt thought much of me since...
But then again, Ive allways been one to dwell. "
Posts: 1469 | Location: Anytown, USA | Registered: 07 January 2005
I had a moment that I did pursue, so couldn't regret it. Nothing came of it, but I have some wonderful, bittersweet memories.
I just watched Before Sunset last night. I really liked the goofy, uncomfortable, oh my god dialogue. It felt so real...so much to say and catch up on, not sure where to start, and just so in awe that you are reunited.
I wonder how many of these "Before Sunrise" moments if pursued, just fizzle out?
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Originally posted by amyadrift: Does it ruin the magic if you actually try and turn it something more?
I certainly hope not, but I guess the odds are kinda stacked against you on this one. People are so open to romance on the road, but when they return to their daily lives, all that "special moment" was is just a fantasy to them.
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Posts: 186 | Location: NYC | Registered: 03 August 2005
I think these "Before Sunrise" moments are a little like sex. Intense pleasure, strong feelings of connecting so closely to somebody else, and it is all bundled up in one event. You can spend days, months, an eternity, trying to get to know somebody as well as you feel you do in just an evening or a few hours in those "Before Sunrise" moments.
Like sex, it can be just a one night stand. Just a one time occurence, because the next morning or in "daily lives", you don't feel the same way. Or ...
you can do what I did once. I was walking to the airport in a foreign city, completely lost, and he stopped to give me directions. We started talking and then got a coffee and then ... well, I almost missed my plane, but later ... He dropped me off at the airport and simply said, "I want to see you again".
I called him when the plane landed, many hours later, and asked him if he still remembered me. He said yes. I got on the next flight back. I didn't get lost in the city this time because he picked me up at the airport.
Posts: 802 | Location: Maui | Registered: 04 September 2004
I am watching this movie now, for the first time in some years, and am so caught in the romance. The moments of discovering someone, so new, and so true to the friends you make while you are backpacking. And the loose, random dialogue. Stuff you would never ask someone you are first dating, but in this case, they know this is it so they ask away. It is so unconcious. It is just lovely.
I watched Before Sunrise for the first time at the weekend...it is soooo beautiful and nearly made me cry...I have just ordered Before Sunset from Amazon so hopefully that will come before this weekend...I can't wait to watch it!!
I have had a few Before Sunrise travelling moments...but often with myself, I mean that I fall in love with the surroundings and start to like myself again much more than when I'm at home...does that make sense?
Posts: 692 | Location: London | Registered: 10 August 2005
