Before Sunrise
“Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?”i think this is one of the greatest romance movies of all time!! i love how, while this is a very dialogue-heavy film, it doesn't solely rely on what the characters are saying to move the story along. through dialogue, there is subtext, and so much is shown in the pauses and where the dialogue is absent. the audience isn't being told anything in these pauses, they are being shown, and i think that is very interesting to watch. i also find this film to be incredibly authentic. in a more typical film structure, you would start with the plot, and the dialogue would serve that plot as a byproduct. Before Sunrise flips that, starting instead with the dialogue between the main characters, Jesse and Celine, with their long, rambling conversations, leaving the plot to come second. The conversations feel natural. It isn’t trying too hard, yet it’s beautiful. I LOVE THIS MOVIE <3