Before Sunrise and Time

Today, I watched Before Sunrise again for the second time. It’s so true that when you watch a movie or read a book the second time, you would pick up new things and learn new perspectives.

This time, I noticed that there were many times in the movie that Jesse talked something about time.

“What good is saved time if nobody is using it?”

“Everything is so finite. That makes our time and specific moments so important.”

So I looked up IMDb and found that Richard Linklater, the director-writer of this movie, is someone who quite obsessed with the notion of time. Many of his movies take place within single day; Before Sunrise is about ayoung man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one romantic evening together in Vienna.

Another quote that I like, which is not really related to time, is this:

“We say good-bye and we don’t have to worry about it.”

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