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Summary: Before Sunrise
Review: Ever since I discovered this gem, I have wondered about the music in the film. The scene where the Jesse takes Celine by the hand and dances with her in the Viennese street to the sound of a harpsicord is lovely. This is a plea for anyone who could recommend similar harpsicord recordings to the one in the film.
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Summary: One of the most romantic movies ever made
Review: The film was a complete surprise; I was expecting some silly teen movie. What I saw, rather, was one of the most inspiring and romantic movies I've ever seen. Linklater turns a clichéd premise into a lyrical and timeless piece of art. I don't think I've encountered such innocence and sublime simplicity before, perhaps with the exception of D.W. Griffith's TRUE HEART SUSIE (1919). The only other romances that personally inspired me were Frank Borzage's STREET ANGEL(1928) and HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT(1937). BEFORE SUNRISE lacks Borzage's Christian transcendence and soft-focus dexterity, but undeniably it belongs to the Pantheon of great romances. It is remarkable how a film can be so simple in premise and technique, and at the same time leave you unforgettable impressions. As Dave McCoy correctly observed, the film achieves emotional and spiritual depth that one may ordinarily find in a Bresson or a Rohmer film. Ethan Hawke may seem a bit irritating, but Julie Delpy is simply divine. Don't ever miss this film.
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Summary: Deep and lingering
Review: Movies that really hit me are the ones that are honest, the ones that get beyond all the pretense. They make us innocent for just that one moment before we dwell on our cynicism. BEFORE SUNRISE is a cliche and yet like all good cliches it holds true in its honest message: take chances, keep your eyes open, and you might just find that thing you've been looking for for so long. A piece of art you don't want to miss.
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Summary: The best movie kiss ever!
Review: I have to agree with roadrunnerish, this film has the most romantic kiss ever filmed - on a ferris wheel no less! How I got sucked into this movie is another story. I was alone on business travel somewhere, thumbing through the pay-per-view channels. It looked awful in theory. I mean a movie where two people meet and talk and absolutely NO action happens whatsoever! I kept waiting for something exciting or dangerous. I still liked the movie though, but what's real interesting is that this movie stayed with me for DAYS! It made such an impact on me. I kept reliving certain scenes. A truly romantic story that even "real guys" can like. And wow, what a kiss!
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Summary: " Au revoir" "Later"
Review: Thank god this movie is available on DVD. I bought it right here. Everyone else here stole my thunder, so I can only say what my favorite scenes are: - the opening scenes showing the train gliding through the European countryside - Celine sitting down across from Jesse and glancing at him... twice - Their first kiss on the ferris wheel at post-sunset(VERY romantic). - The 'telephone' conversation - Talking under the stars - Taking each others' picture - Saying goodbye. This movie contains the best goodbye kiss I've ever seen on film. When I first rented this movie, I tried to keep myself from watching it too often so that I wouldn't get tired of it. But it is really hard to get tired of this film.
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Summary: Amazing and best movie ever seen
Review: This movie is the best I've ever seen. Linklater has created a fantastic film with some wonderful pictures of Vienna. The town makes the story unbelievable romantic. Ethan Hawke could not have played better. In the end you ask yourself: Why don't you go to Vienna? Probably something like that will happens to you. But this film is absolutely not for people who like Hollywood movies like Titanic. It's more intelligent...
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Summary: A TOTALLY OVERLOOKED WONDER
Review: Before Sunrise is far from a polished movie. It doesn't involved carfully choreographed explosion sequences, and whiz-bang car chase shoot-outs. Though some would consider this a fault, I find this especially why I love the movie. For those who haven't seen, the movie essentially takes place during one night in Europe. Hawke has to exit a train after having briefly conversed with Delpy, and invites her to come with him and keep him company for the night while he waits for his transfer. She adventurously accepts, and the night is spent walking the city as the two probe each other's minds and discover they like what they find. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy's performances are so raw and realistic that you get the feeling a truly romantic and intelligent movie without the help of a James Horner score. More than being just a romantic movie, in illustrates the beauty of conversation, the thrill of doing something foolish, the beauty of finding wonder in the commonplace, and the wonder of finding beauty in another. This movie is not a sappy emotional mess, like many of the pathetic excuses for movies we see these days. I am a guy, and even I enjoyed this movie for its incredible ingenuity. If you want to see an intelligent, interesting, different movie, see this completely underappreciated sleeper and tell your friends about it.
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Summary: Ethan can actually act!
Review: Ethan Hawke actually shows his acting chops in this wonderful romance. This movie is reminiscent of "My Dinner with Andre" in that it consisits (almost) solely of a converstaion between the two main characters! The cinematography of Vienna is wonderful and the young jilted American (Hawke) has such awesome chemistry with the brainy French student (Delpy). Did they indeed meet again at the train station in one year? Who knows-- the great stort told in the movie, however, would be tainted if they actually did!
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Summary: The most engaging romance ever
Review: For anyone who thought Say Anything was the previous title holder this is definately a film you'be been waiting for. Before Sunrise is brillant in it's simplicity in the fact it doesn't incorporate any of Hollywood's usual design's for making a romantic comedy. There are only two actors in the entire film, and their aren't any usual subplots, or conflicts, and the soundtrack is completely free of over powering love ballads. It may sound boring, but if it weren't for the remarkable chemistry between Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke and the brillant script and direction of Richard Linklater it may have been. Instead you get you a romance that hooks you from the very beginning and doesn't let go until the credits have rolled.
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Summary: A tiny, overlooked, but brilliant little gem.
Review: "Before Sunrise" is a small film but a charming and rewarding one. Celine, a young Frenchwoman, and Jesse, a young American, meet on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Jesse has 14 hours before he must board his plane back to America; he persuades Celine to spend that time with him wandering around Vienna; they spend the time talking, meeting various eccentric Viennese, and falling in love. In the morning they part, probably never to see each other again, although they vow that they will. That's all there is to it, but it's delightful, thanks to Richard Linklater's savvy writing and direction and the sweet performances of Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. The dialogue captures perfectly the thoughts and personalities of two intelligent, thoughtful but not-quite-mature young people, and Linklater's camera takes us on a panoramic tour of Vienna (including several sites immortalized by an earlier, much darker film set in Vienna, "The Third Man"). What is most affecting about Before Sunrise, however, is the poignancy and urgency it gains as Celine and Jesse's time together comes to its inevitable end. Jesse's quotation from W.H. Auden--"O let not time deceive you,/You cannot conquer time"--is most appropriate, and as touching an endorsement of the philosophy of "Carpe Diem" as has ever been put on screen.
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