The Hidden Structure of Before Sunset

The Hidden Structure of Before Sunset

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The “Before Trilogy" is, in my opinion, one of the greatest gifts of modern cinema. Three films, each separated by nine years, that together tell a beautiful and brutal story of what love means as we progress through life. All three films have an unusual form—comprised almost exclusively of lengthy conversations between the two central characters, Jesse and Celine. So in this video we break Before Sunset into five acts and dissect each one to uncover the invisible structure that keeps eighty pages of conversation engaging, we look at how the script constructs and then destroys each character’s facade, and we examine how each moment is tied to the central dramatic question.

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00:00 Intro
01:16 Act 1
04:46 Act 2
06:15 Act 3
09:40 Act 4
12:23 Act 5



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