September 02, 2004
Before Sunset - Movie
Before Sunset, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, is one of the best films I've seen all year. I seem to have suffered a glut of dull films which include Pedro Amaldovars' Bad Education suprisingly and The Day After Tomorrow which went on a bit (but I kinda expected that).
Before Sunset is a 'real time' type of film, a bit like the series '24'. This works both for the amount of time Ethan Hawkes' character has to speak with Julie Delpys' character before he has to catch an aeroplane and the amount of time (9 years) since the two characters originally met. The time pressure in the film is the actual one and a half hours running time until the character has to check in at the airport. It is 9 years since Richard Linklater shot the movie in which the characters first met, Before Sunrise.
The film is talky. That is all that happens. And at first I thought that might be a little heavy going. But it works so well and envelops you in their life, their banter and their romance, that after the initial awkward talking as they are getting to know each other again it begins to flow brilliantly. This is a great romantic movie and is shot beautifully in Paris. It even has a happy ending. Fully recommended.
See the trailer here.
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