Speaking of these trilogy, from the first encounter between the two in Vienna in their twenties in 1995's "Sunset" to the second meeting in Paris in the first nine years in 2004's "Sunset", and then By 2013, "Midnight", the two finally crossed the distance between Chicago and Paris and became their families on a trip to Greece. People discussed "time" time and time again for this story, this relationship, these two characters, and the three main creators. , Even our meaning. In 1995, when Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy were filming the story of "Sunrise" in their 20s, they did not expect that Jesse and Celine created in the movie would always be with them. They did not think of a small-cost independent There will be a sequel to the movie. They, like us, want to find out what the life of Jesse and Celine will be after nine years and eighteen years later. Ethan Hawke once said, "The star of the film is not Julie or me, but Father Time himself."
This time the story takes place in Greece and is also related to time. The director mentioned in an interview that Greece is probably the best place to talk about the topic of time. It is a place where time seems to be stagnant. After walking through those trails and visiting those temples, the questions that the sages asked again and again were not answered because of the appearance of English words such as Facebook, Skype, Apple, and Google. On the one hand, the problems encountered by Jesse and Celine are probably experienced by many couples. The stories of "Easier to fall in love and difficult to get along with" or "Chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea" have been said ten thousand times; on the other hand, when we are talking about ourselves During the emotional experience, I always feel that my own story is the most special one. It is happening in the present moment, and the hesitation and struggle, confusion, entanglement and compromise during this period are something that others cannot empathize with. The conflict between the old and the new as the background, nine years and nine years, welcome you to midnight in Greece after the "Happy Ever After" in 2013.
I strongly feel that my feelings for the second Before Sunset are far greater than Midnight. It is probably not the problem of the movie, but the problem of the people who watch the movie. Of the three stories, probably the emotional logic of "Before Sunset" is the most flattering. It is different from the story of "Sunrise" in which the twenty-something can wander in Europe at any time, meet and make a romantic agreement. , "Sunset" turned into people in their thirties and met each other again, and found that the heart to maintain them was still swaying. You can sigh "So you were here too", but in fact found that the lives of the two are on completely different tracks. It's not the age that you can "get on your passenger ship" with a single ticket. The subtle sense of distance that sympathizes with each other, wants to speak but stops, wants to turn around but can't help but looks back, is romanticized to the greatest extent in our imagination. "Before Sunset" was once selected by a magazine as one of the most romantic love movies. Ethan Hawke jokingly said, "In the whole movie, Julie and I didn't even kiss. How could it be the most romantic movie?" Discuss in a subjunctive tone if we were how we were at the beginning, then how we will be now, and then we can imagine what would happen if we were really together, so I can sing to you, and I want to sing to you the stories of the past few years. The plane can be delayed, will he really stay for her?
When the literary youth finally entered the middle age of literature and art, there are two lovely 7-year-old twin daughters, and a 14-year-old son from a previous marriage. What will be the story of an American man and a French woman in their forties? What does it look like? "We're just being brutally honest." This is the attitude of the creators in this film-discussing an intimate relationship, but using a nearly cruel and honest narrative. Different from the romantic literary dialogue between two people presented in the previous two films, the most outstanding feature in this movie is the quarrel between the two in the hotel. Greece, summer, sunset, red wine, and a beautiful night, but it is a conversation between a man and a woman between Mars and Venus. Jesse increasingly feels that he is missing the growth of his son because of the failure of the marriage. He hopes to spend more time with his son. This means that Celine may have to leave Paris. She does not want to be completely tied up by the family. She envied Jesse's free time every day to create and communicate with others, but she had to take care of her family and gradually gave up her hobby of singing and writing songs. Jesse said, "Writing is not my hobby, but my job. If you spend a little bit of time and experience dissatisfied with me to your hobby, you will write very good music." They have no way to stop. The quarrel, every sentence is full of crises, which will ignite all kinds of crises in their relationship. The stages of their quarrels are happening all over the world. For young spectators with illusions, it may be a bit cruel. Isn’t everyone a soul mate for each other? Didn’t the two people finally get together after eighteen years? Then what?
The three creators have talked more than once about the personal significance of this series. This is not their autobiographical film, but it is a unique personal project. The story of each period is their own perception. Ethan went through a marriage change and Julie also became a mother, because their lines were so real and their acting was so lifelike that you would never feel that you were watching a movie. If two people stay together for long enough, the couple who loves each other will definitely have moments in the movie. If they are still willing to be together, they will continue to compromise, break in, and accept the imperfect self and each other after the smoke.
People are actually asking the same questions all the time. When the second movie came out, because the open ending gave people unlimited imagination, in 2004, they asked the director, will there be a sequel? Will they be together? The director said he didn't know. In 2013, reporters at the film festival were still asking, is this the last part of the sunrise and sunset series? If there will be a sequel, what name can it be? Before Breakfast? One of the classic answers is that when Jesse and Celine are in their 80s, they will make a comedy version of Amour. But at that time, can they still talk non-stop for an hour and a half?
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I want to end this long lyrical story with a passage each of Ethan and Julie said in the interview.
Ethan:
We wanted it to be as messy and complicated as possible, and to have no definitive good guy or bad guy. People love this idea that if it's not perfect, it must be wrong, and I think what the movie is trying to drive that there iS NO iS AT Perfect love and this iS to true to true love iS messy and Sloppy...
(translation: we want as much as possible to become messy and complicated story, the characters not an absolute good or bad people like to think If something is not perfect, then it must be wrong. I think what this movie wants to convey is that there is nothing perfect at all. This is real love. Real love is messy and sloppy.)
Julie:
One of the unique things about this series is that the characters have aged in real time, meaning we've all aged with them...
Because men stay little boys. [Laughs.] I think a lot of men stay younger. I notice that. They have a littleboy quality. I don't know what it is. I have a little-girl quality too. But as a woman, I think, if you want to achieve something with your life, you really have to be a very strong person. I talk about it in the film. It's hard for men, too. It's hard to achieve anything that you are proud of in this life. But as a woman, to fight to get to where I am and to keep your integrity, it's just very, very hard work. You have to be tough. And have tough skin.
(A very special part of this series is that the characters are getting old in real time, meaning that we are getting old with them To go.
Because men are still like children. [Laughs] I think many men look young. I noticed this. They have some qualities of a little boy. I don't know what it is. I also have the qualities of a little girl. But as a woman, I feel that if you want to make a difference in your life, you really have to be a very strong person. I also talked about this in the movie. This is also very difficult for men. It is not easy to do something that makes you proud in this world. But as a woman, it's very difficult to stay true to my heart by working hard to get to where I am now. You must be strong and invulnerable. )
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