The Hidden Structure of Before Sunset

Listen to our podcast episode on Before Sunset: https://apple.co/2YX6Euk 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. PATREON: http://patreon.com/LFTScreenplay LFTS MERCH: https://standard.tv/collections/lfts FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/lessonsfromthescreenplay/ TWITTER: http://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla Start a 30-day trial with Audible and get your first audiobook for free by going to http://audible.com/LFTS or texting "LFTS" to 500 500! Written & Produced by: Michael Tucker (https://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla) Edited by: Alex Calleros (https://twitter.com/alex_calleros) Become a channel member here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw/join Check out my kit, from screenwriting books to gear: https://kit.co/LFTS/screenwriting-books LFTS Recommended Reading List: https://www.lessonsfromthescreenplay.com/reading-list/ Translate this video: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=9f0_Liz5_XM&ref=share Thanks to Diego Rojas for composing original music for this video and this channel! Check out more of his work: https://soundcloud.com/diegorojasguitar TwinSmart's Marxist Arrow is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ With the company Twin musicom licensed under the Creative Commons license Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ 00:00 Intro 01:16 Act 1 04:46 Act 2 06:15 Act 3 09:40 Act 4 12:23 Act 5