Before Sunrise

Before Sunrise
by Richard Linklater

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Actor: Andrea Eckert, Ethan Hawke, Hanno P?schl, Julie Delpy, Karl Bruckschwaiger
Director: Richard Linklater
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Richard Linklater
Producer: Anne Walker-McBay
Producer: Ellen Winn Wendl
Producer: Gernot Schaffler
Producer: Gregory Jacobs
Producer: John Sloss
Writer: Kim Krizan
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-11-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Turner Home Ent

DVD Reviews of Before Sunrise

DVD Review: Terrific philosophical love story
Summary: 5 Stars

A couple of twenty-somethings -- one a French girl heading back to Paris, the other an American guy killing time before catching his plane back home -- meet by chance on a train in Austria. They get to talking and he convinces her to delay her trip, to get off the train with him in Vienna. He has very little money and was planning to just wander around the city all night, but now he has company. Naturally, before the night is over, they've fallen in love -- but not in the usual way. And when they finally part in the morning the viewer doesn't know whether they'll ever meet again or not. No sappy-happy ending here. The plot is very nicely done indeed. I don't care much one way or the other about Ethan Hawke, who plays Jesse, but Julie Delpy is perfect as Celine. She's ordinary-pretty this time out (as opposed to elegant or drop-dead gorgeous, which wouldn't work here) and sweet and very human. The chemistry between the two really works, as they stroll the streets, wander in and out of clubs, talk to a poet, listen to a harpsichord, ride the trams, and talk and talk and talk. They talk about everything under the sun, telling anecdotes from their lives to illustrate their semi-sophomoric philosophical debates. This is, in fact, the best sort of "talky" movie. It's very honest. It's also very romantic in a laid-back and believable sort of way. And you get to see a whole lot of Vienna.

DVD Review: 3.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 5 Stars

The Bottom Line:

One of the best romantic movies ever made, Before Sunrise is brilliant in its simplicity: it has no comic pratfalls, no third act breakup, no sight gags, and no misunderstandings between the couple, just 100 minutes of two very interesting characters walking through a city and falling in love.

DVD Review: Young love in bloom
Summary: 4 Stars

A young American Jesse and a young French girl Celine meet on a train and tour Vienna together for a day talking and a connection forms.
Sort of like the classic " An Affair to Remember", this is a well done romance. They even made a sequel later: "Before Sunset" which I haven't seen. The anatomy of a young love is in slow motion, almost real time.

DVD Review: Much better than the first one
Summary: 5 Stars

Don't get me wrong, because I'm a big fan of Linklater's movies. Especially "Slacker." But I never really enjoyed Before Sunrise due to the dialogue which sounded too much like Linklater. Sorry, he's just not a good dialogue writer. That movie would have been better if they had allowed the two principle actors to contribute to the script. Well, that seems to be what happened this time, and as a result, it's a much better movie. This movie would appeal to romantic types.

DVD Review: Excellent condition, very happy
Summary: 5 Stars

Item arrived in excellent condition and well within the promised receiving date. I am very happy with this transaction and purchase.

Description of Before Sunrise

An attractive young man & woman meet by chance and as they become attracted to each other decide to spend the rest of the night together to see if in fact it could be true love. Studio: Castle Rock Hm Video Release Date: 12/12/2006 Starring: Ethan Hawke Andrea Eckert Run time: 105 minutes Rating: R Director: Richard Linklater

This romantic, witty, and ultimately poignant glimpse at two strangers (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) who share thoughts, affections, and past experiences during one 14-hour tryst in Vienna somehow remains writer/director Richard Linklater's (Dazed and Confused, Slacker) most overlooked gem. Delpy, a stunning, low-key Parisian, meets the stammering American Hawke, as the two share a Eurorail seat--she's starting school in Paris, he's finishing a vacation. Their mutual attraction leads to an awkward meeting (beautifully played by each performer), and Hawke suggests that Delpy spend his remaining 14 hours in Vienna with him.

Typically, this skeleton is as much plot as Linklater provides; as usual, he's more interested in concentrating his talents on observing the casual, playful conversations between his leads. His tight time frame allows the characters to say anything to one another, and topics ranging from politics to past romances to fears of the future flow with subtle finesse. The short time frame is also cruel, however, because beneath this love affair lies the painful reality that the two most likely will never see each other again and will be left only with memories--an idea Linklater drives home with an effective snapshot conclusion.

Hardly the trite Gen-X bitch session that many '90s films using this approach become, the film feels more like a Bresson or Rohmer piece, containing sharp perceptions--and flawed humans rather than stereotypes. The protagonists' frank revelations and heated exchanges flow in a stream-of-consciousness style, and its no accident that Linklater set the film in Vienna, where Freud invented and practiced psychotherapy. --Dave McCoy

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