Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Drama, Romance
Well, that pained and hurt came down like a heavy downpour. All
illusions of eternal love, sacrifices and affection come to a standstill, when
a simple hotel room conversation between a couple in Before Midnight rained havoc
on your fairy tale believes and leaves you with unforgiving and cold reality.
I adored Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004) for their genuinely creative outlook towards relationships and what sails the boat in troubled rivers. And for a statement, I agree to have a zenith of emotions while watching Before Midnight (2013), the third in the series, for witnessing such a grander sense of maturity and scrupulousness while depicting love’s longevity.
It was never an easy watch, on the contrary, the moments from past came like waves of nostalgia when you least anticipated and left you teetering on the verge of a heartbreak on several occasions. If you think that misery and grief when love just vanishes between two people was agonizingly scrutinized in Blue Valentine, then this will leave you breathless for its intensity and brutality.
All hopes are not crushed for you know that there was romance; in an eccentric, bizarre, masked sort of a way; but romance there was in Before Midnight. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy shines yet again with natural flow of conversation and long shots from director Richard Linklater sets the bar high for the actors to deliver. Watch Julie Delpy in a scene when she says, “I used to sing, play guitar and write songs, I don’t get time to do it now”, and you will witness the astonishing commitment of the persons involved in making the moment sound so resonating and powerful.
One might feel this trilogy is an unprecedented ode to the
power love has and how beautiful life can be, but Before Midnight in all its
essence exposed how fruitless it is to capture the ephemeral, fleeting nature
of love. Mature, poignant and heartbreaking, Before Midnight raises the bar of
indie cinema.
Trailer of Before Midnight on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euOJkb0U8vE
Before Midnight on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209418/
God, Before Midnight was a tough watch indeed. I hadn't seen any of the Before movies so I watched them in a matter of three days for a podcast, and I must say that Before Midnight is my least favorite. Technically, it's just as good as the first two movies, but it's just devastating.
ReplyDeleteI agree to the point that Before Midnight was plain devastating as the course it takes reflects the truth about human relationships and complexity that comes with love's longevity.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading the review. :)
"Watch Julie Delpy in a scene when she says, “I used to sing, play guitar and write songs, I don’t get time to do it now”, and you will witness the astonishing commitment of the persons involved in making the moment sound so resonating and powerful."
ReplyDeletePrecise observation man (Y)
Thank you Divye!
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