Before Sunset (2004)


Director: Richard Linklater
Writing credits: Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Casts: Ethan Hawke, Juile Delpy
Language: English, French
Genre: Romance, Drama
Year: 2004




It was a rather short movie with an unexpected shocking ending, not dramatically ended but in an odd fashion. The story lived up with all the romance, the well balanced love talk with a hint of sex kept the dialogue blossoming throughout the less-than-100-minute motion picture but I seriously doubt such movie would impress most of the audiences in Hong Kong where romance is interpreted radically different and love is often polluted by LV and Prada, Mezedez-Benz and big house.

This is one of those films that conversations were relied heavily in describing characteristics of the actor / actress and it was amazingly impressive in my very own point of view. All of the highs and lows were illustrated verbally, the settings (the book shop, the streets or Paris, the tourist boat and the apartment) is just the icing on the cake. Hardly any panning of the camera were needed and actually being used, and I'd say its one of the areas that can brighten up the film and bring it up to another level.
The script leaded me to a couple of old devil things.
Quote of the movie: 'I personally think my life's been full of drama, everybody should do, really.'

Posted: Sun - October 17, 2004 at 11:19 PM       |

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