Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight: a philosophical exploration

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Richard Linklater's celebrated Before trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) who first meet up in Before Sunrise, later reconnect in Before Sunset and finally experience a fall-out in Before Midnight. Not only do these films present storylines and dilemmas that invite philosophical discussion, but philosophical discussion itself is at the very heart of the trilogy. This book, containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributor…

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Full title :Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight : a philosophical exploration / edited by Hans Maes and Katrien Schaubroeck.

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Richard Linklater's celebrated Before trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) who first meet up in Before Sunrise, later reconnect in Before Sunset and finally experience a fall-out in Before Midnight. Not only do these films present storylines and dilemmas that invite philosophical discussion, but philosophical discussion itself is at the very heart of the trilogy. This book, containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributors, explores the many philosophical themes that feature so vividly in the interactions between Céline and Jesse, including: the nature of love, romanticism, and marriage; the passage and experience of time; the meaning of life; the art of conversation; the narrative self; gender; death. Including an interview with Julie Delpy in which she discusses her involvement in the films and the importance of studying philosophy, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight: A Philosophical Exploration is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, aesthetics, gender studies, and film studies--back cover.

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Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 210 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780367204389, 036720438X, 9780367204396, 0367204398
oclc:on1224044842
LC Classification:PN1998.3.L544
Dewey Decimal:791.4302/33092

Introduction / Hans Maes and Katrien Schaubroeck -- 1. The poetry of day-to-day life / Michael Smith -- 2. Time and transcendence in the Before trilogy / Marya Schechtman -- 3. A trilogy of melancholy: on the bittersweet in Before Sunset, Before Sunrise and Before Midnight / Hans Maes -- 4. 'Relational vertigo' in Before Midnight / Christopher Cowley -- 5. Epic intimacy / Murray Smith -- 6. 'Romantic or cynic': romantic attraction as justification / Diane Jeske -- 7. The many faces of conversation in the Before trilogy / Kalle Puolakka -- 8. Love, death and life's summum bonum: the Before trilogy as memento mori / Anna Christina Ribeiro -- 9. Falling in love with a film (series) / Katrien Schaubroeck and Hans Maes -- 10. Romance, narrative, and the sense of a happy ending in the Before series / James MacDowell -- "We are everything and we are nothing" / Julie Delpy, interviewed by Hans Maes and Katrien Schaubroeck.