Before Sunrise
I picked up this DVD because I remember my cousin, Jason, mentioning it one time. It’s the story of two people who start talking on a train, and realize they have a connection. The problem is that they only have one day since the guy (Ethan Hawke) has to catch a plane back to America, hence the title.
I liked it. It’s very dialogue oriented, and the movie is basically the two characters going from place to place having interesting conversations, and falling more in love with each other as the night progresses. That’s it. There’s no other plot line. I really enjoyed listening to the conversations they have in the film, and even laughed out loud at some points. One of my favorite parts was in the beginning when Ethan Hawke’s character has to coerce the girl (Julie Delpy) off the train to spend the day with him in Vienna, Austria, since that’s where he was flying out of, so he says this:
“Alright, alright. Think of it like this. Umm-uh, jump ahead, ten, twenty years, okay, and you’re married. Only your marriage doesn’t have that same energy that it used to have, you know. You start to blame your husband. You start to think about all those guys you’ve met in your life, and what MIGHT have happened if you’d picked up with one of them, right? Well, I’m one of those guys. That’s me, you know, so think of this as time travel, from then, to now, uh, to find out what you’re missing out on. See, what this really could be is a gigantic favor to both you and your future husband, to find out that you’re not missing out on anything. I’m just as big a loser as he is, totally unmotivated, totally boring, and, uh, you made the right choice, and you’re really happy.”
I also liked it because Vienna is a place that I really want to visit.