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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Jay Coyle, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This time, a Valentine’s treat. Richard Linklater’s Before Sunset.

Finishing up his book tour in Paris, Jessie crosses paths once again with Celine. With a little over an hour before Jessie has to catch a flight back to the United States, the pair take a stroll through Paris. As they do, the nine years since their last encounter fades away, allowing them to reminisce about what might have been and consider what might yet be.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 236th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Notes:

• Recorded 12th February 2020.
• Essentially a Valentine’s Day Special, but one that reflects the original suggestion of a more conversational podcast between Darren and Andrew; as a result, this may be even more discursive than usual. But, hey, that kinda fits with Before Sunset, right?
• Also, in keeping with Before Sunset, the film was recorded as an hour-and-a-half conversation between Andrew, Jay and Darren as they walked around Dublin. As a result, the audio is a bit rougher than usual. Don’t worry, we’ll be back in the studio next week.
• Before Sunset at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• Follow Jay on Twitter.
• Read Jay’s articles at Scannain.
• Julie Delpy talks to Variety about declining the Before Midnight until she received equal pay to Ethan Hawke, October 2019.
• The cast and crew of the Before trilogy talk to Phil Hoad at The Guardian about the making of the three films, November 2019.
• Richard Linklater talks to The Los Angeles Times about doing a sequel to Before Sunrise, June 2004.
• The staff at The Dissolve debate the merits of long-delayed, time-lapse sequels, September 2013.
• A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis discuss the importance of low-budget movies like the Before trilogy at The New York Times, September 2004.
• Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater talk to Slant Magazine about working on the Before trilogy, May 2013.
• Richard Linklater talks to Filmmaker Magazine about how his filmmaking and his ideas evolved between Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Spring 2004.
• Catherine Shoard at The Guardian reports Richard Linklater’s plan for a twenty-year-long project with Stephen Sondheim, August 2019.
• Dennis Lim at Criterion on the use of time within the Before trilogy, March 2017.
• Emily Todd VanDerWerff at Vox on the importance of time as a theme to Richard Linklater, April 2016.
• Richard Linklater talks to Sight and Sound about the use of time in his storytelling, October 2016.
• Richard Linklater talks to The Guardian about the enduring appeal of Jesse and Celine’s story, June 2013.
• Peter Bradshaw at The Guardian on what Before Sunset says about love, July 2004.
• David Wain talks to The Dissolve about how the Before trilogy impacted him, July 2014.
• Julie Delpy talks to The Irish Times about reprising her role in Waking Life, July 2004.
• Richard Linklater talks to The Chicago Tribune about the origins of Before Sunrise, May 2013.
• Richard Linklater discusses the true story that inspired Before Sunrise in conversation with The Morning Call, May 1997.
• Tim Teeman at The Times on the inspiration for the Before trilogy, April 2013.
• Claire J. Harris at Medium traces Jesse and Celine’s journey through Paris in Before Sunset, May 2019.
• David Kehr at The New York Times on the craft involved in Before Sunset, November 2004.
• Keith Phipps at The Ringer on Ethan Hawke as a generational icon and an embodiment of the nineties, August 2018.
• Steven Rosen at The Los Angeles Times on the 9/11-shaped hole at the heart of Before Sunset, July 2004.
• Ethan Hawke tells The New York Times that he sees the Before saga as complete, January 2020.
• Thomas Watenberg at Philosophy Now on the nostalgia of Before Sunset, October/November 2004.
• Dan Jardine at Slant Magazine on Before Sunrise and Before Sunset as stories about tragedy and romance, January 2010.
• Jason Bailey at The Atlantic on the importance of Before Midnight as a film about consequence, May 2013.
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