I've been wanting to do this since Before Midnight came out -- watch them all back to back, I mean -- and you have inspired me to finally do it. I don't remember much about Before Sunrise or Before Sunset except that Before Sunset had a huge effect on me when I watched it. I will report back after I've completed the trilogy (? - is there another one coming?). Since you're a Julie Delpy fan, I highly recommend The Lesson, which came out over the summer, if you haven't seen it. Also, Boyhood is a must see, but maybe not the best option in your newly empty nest. I saw it when it came out, but it will be a long time before I'm able to watch it again.
Very interested in hearing your reactions to "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight." When the third one first came out, I did them three nights in a row and found it to be ... a lot. Maybe leave some breathing room. I don't know if you've seen Linklater's "Boyhood," but it's also a very deep experience of the passage of time, in a different way from the "Before" films. Linklater is also currently involved in a unique attempt to film the Sondheim musical "Merrily We Roll Along." Famously problematic because the show is supposed to start with the characters as bitter, cynical, middle-aged adults and then progressing backwards in time to their optimistic youth, Linklater and cast are filming it "backwards," over the course of years.
I’m glad I don’t remember how many times I watched Before Sunrise in my younger years, as I’m sure it would be embarrassing. I was a freshman or sophomore in college when it came out, and it didn’t resemble my life in any way except as a fantasy of what my life might become, if it ever started happening.
I’ve talked before about how while I was largely unhappy in high school and college (so much with the driving or walking around looking for something, as in Dazed and Confused), but I often look back at those times fondly because they were so full of anticipation about what life, at any moment, might become.
I've been wanting to do this since Before Midnight came out -- watch them all back to back, I mean -- and you have inspired me to finally do it. I don't remember much about Before Sunrise or Before Sunset except that Before Sunset had a huge effect on me when I watched it. I will report back after I've completed the trilogy (? - is there another one coming?). Since you're a Julie Delpy fan, I highly recommend The Lesson, which came out over the summer, if you haven't seen it. Also, Boyhood is a must see, but maybe not the best option in your newly empty nest. I saw it when it came out, but it will be a long time before I'm able to watch it again.
Very interested in hearing your reactions to "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight." When the third one first came out, I did them three nights in a row and found it to be ... a lot. Maybe leave some breathing room. I don't know if you've seen Linklater's "Boyhood," but it's also a very deep experience of the passage of time, in a different way from the "Before" films. Linklater is also currently involved in a unique attempt to film the Sondheim musical "Merrily We Roll Along." Famously problematic because the show is supposed to start with the characters as bitter, cynical, middle-aged adults and then progressing backwards in time to their optimistic youth, Linklater and cast are filming it "backwards," over the course of years.
I’m glad I don’t remember how many times I watched Before Sunrise in my younger years, as I’m sure it would be embarrassing. I was a freshman or sophomore in college when it came out, and it didn’t resemble my life in any way except as a fantasy of what my life might become, if it ever started happening.
I’ve talked before about how while I was largely unhappy in high school and college (so much with the driving or walking around looking for something, as in Dazed and Confused), but I often look back at those times fondly because they were so full of anticipation about what life, at any moment, might become.
Also, I’ll be interested to hear what you think of the rest of the trilogy. No spoilers.