Richard Linklater on the Making of "Before Sunrise" (Part 1)

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Before Sunrise is a 1995 drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse (Ethan Hawke), a young American, and Céline (Julie Delpy), a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and getting to know one another.

The plot is minimalist, since aside from walking and talking, not much happens. The two characters' ideas and perspectives on life and love are detailed. Jesse is a romantic disguised as a cynic, and Céline is seemingly a romantic, albeit with some doubts. Taking place over the course of one night, their limited time together is always on their minds, and leads to their revealing more about themselves than they normally would, since both believe they will never see one another again.

Jesse and Céline make an appearance in Linklater's 2001 film Waking Life. A 2004 sequel, Before Sunset, picks up the story nine years after the events of the first film.

Cast * Ethan Hawke - Jesse * Julie Delpy - Céline * Andrea Eckert - Wife on train * Hanno Pöschl - Husband on train * Erni Mangold - Palm reader * Dominic Castell - Street poet * Adam Goldberg - Man sleeping on train (uncredited)

Before Sunrise was inspired by a woman that filmmaker Richard Linklater met in a toy shop in Philadelphia in 1989. They walked around the city together, conversing deep into the night. Originally, in the screenplay, who the two people were and the city they spend time in was vague. Linklater realized that because the film is so much a dialogue between a man and a woman he knew that it was important to have a strong woman co-writer. He chose Kim Krizan who had small roles in his two previous films Slacker and Dazed and Confused. According to Linklater, he "loved the way her mind worked - a constant stream of confident and intelligent ideas."

Linklater and Krizan talked about the concept of the film and the characters for a long time. Her wanted to explore the "relationship side of life and discover two people who had complete anonymity and try to find out who they really were." He decided to put Jesse and Céline in a foreign country because "when you're traveling, you're much more open to experiences outside your usual realm." He and Krizan worked on an outline. They wrote the actual screenplay in 11 days.

Linklater spent nine months casting the film because he saw so many people but had trouble finding the right actors for the roles of Jesse and Céline. When Linklater first considered casting Ethan Hawke, he thought that the actor was too young for the part. Linklater saw Hawke at a play in New York City and reconsidered after talking to the actor. For Céline, Linklater met Julie Delpy and liked her personality. After they did a final reading, Linklater knew that Delpy and Hawke were right for the roles. Once Delpy and Hawke agreed to do the film, they went to Austin and talked with Linklater and Krizan for a few days.

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[TheChillLife]

does anyone else think richard linklater is totally awesome ?

[juleswinns]

for long time this movie defined 'love". good movie

[dontkeepthisname]

@TheChillLife

He has his special style of filming. I really love it.

I really enjoy listening to intelligent conversation for hours.

[FrameCatcher04]

@juleswinns Still does.

[ArminPS]

i agree , to much 'quoting' from the film

[DrHunnicut]

Jesus Christ, I don't want to watch scenes from the movie, I want to watch Richard talk about making the movie. Fuck! Is that so hard to understand?

[mads18]

lol wtf, there's a HUGE different selection of scenes friom like 5:35 than with the actual movie!!!