WATCH PARTY: Before Sunrise (1995) dir. Richard Linklater @ Mary Pretlow Library

Dazed and Confused and Boyhood director Richard Linklater created the first of three talkative romance movies in 1995 where Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke banter back and forth for an hour and a half before not seeing each other for another decade; but this film has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, so it must be some good banter.

If you like it, join us at Regal Kiln Creek in Newport News on Monday, September 22 at 5:40pm for the second movie in the trilogy, Before Sunset (2004).

We'll be in the 2nd floor Conference Room, to the left as you get off the elevator/stairs at Pretlow Library.

RUNTIME: 101 minutes

SYNOPSIS: On his way to Vienna, American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) meets Celine (Julie Delpy), a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the U.S. departs the next morning and he has no money for lodging, they wander the city together, taking in the experiences of Vienna and each other. As the night progresses, their bond makes separating in the morning a difficult choice.

BLURBS:
"Just once, for a single day, Jesse and Céline have given life the sort of shape and charge that until now they have found only in fiction, and may never find again. A true romance." - Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

"Small movies can be as daring as big ones, and Linklater, in his offhand way, is working without a net here. Before Sunrise may be the closest an American has come to the discursive talk gamesmanship of Eric Rohmer." - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"It is the lightness of this film which is still charming; Jesse and Céline are free from everything, free from work worries or family cares, but they are also free from the gravity of cause-and-effect, the world of consequences and responsibilities." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian