You see, first movie starts with a fighting scene with an old couple and the last movie ends with them fighting and then laughing, this a completely brilliant movie.

The three films aren't a trilogy, they are a textbook on life.

Everyone talks about StarWars, Lord of the rings, The Dark Knight, The Godfather...etc. Almost nobody talks about one the greatest film trilogies. All three films are beautiful and unique, thanx for talking about them... Linklater might be one of the most underapreciatted directors within Hollywood, more than an auteur he's a collaborative artist...

The Before Trilogy is my favorite trilogy. I wish I had the opportunity to watch it in real time as they were released. The connection Linklater is able to create with Jesse and Celine is amazing. When every I suggest it to people I always tell them "You fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with each other."

Happy Anniversary to Before Sunset!! This year marks 20 years since it came out in 2004 and stole our hearts. That ending STILL makes me gasp.

I like how the time span from romanticism to realism in the movies kinda fits the change of the zeitgeist between the 90's and today.

Richard Linklater is one of my favorite directors, and this trilogy is just a complete masterwork beyond almost anything else I've ever seen. I can't speak more highly of these films, they're just incredible, as was your video!

I saw Before Sunset first, then Before Sunrise, and finally Before Midnight. Maybe I was young and naive... but after seeing Before Sunset, what Jesse and Celine became an ideal for what a relationship should be. To find that meaningful connection between you and someone else. Celine's speech on the magic between 2 people struck a chord - the answer is in the attempt to reach this strange transcendent ideal of what love should, but never what you expect love to be.

It's interesting how this trilogies has mirrored my understanding of life and relationships. I was 15 when the first movie was released, so I definitely had a similar perspective of love. And now many years later, I definitely have a very different understanding of what love is. Once it was about setting the world on fire, and today it's all about self sacrifice.

"Before Midnight" is very realistic and apt conclusion to the trilogy.Realistic look at at a long lasting relationship. There is no such thing as a perfect relationship or a perfect couple. But couples who truly love each other, argue and fight about things but in the end, stay together and move forward together. A perfect blend of love, frustration, honesty and acceptance. NOT because they're getting older and bored and have nothing else to pursue. BUT because time has taught them about the realities of life and love and that includes moving forward and staying together as imperfect individuals in an imperfect relationship in an imperfect world. A perfect blend of love, frustration, honesty and acceptance. You can't have 1 without the other 3. Otherwise, the relationship won't last.

I could tell Luca Guadagnino when he directed Call Me by Your Name was heavily inspired by Richard Linklater’s movie Before Sunrise, it feels so isolated, it’s mainly just about the connection of two characters Elio and Oliver and nothing more, just like Before Sunrise’s Jesse and Celine. Except the difference is the perspective of Call Me by Your Name is through Elio, a young teenager who’s discovering things about himself with his newfound attraction to Oliver, and with Before Sunrise the perspective’s more mutual on both Jesse and Celine.

This channel has no haters. This channel can never have any haters. Everything is so well put. Bro, your videos are truly magical. :)

I watched the first two of the trilogy in shock. It was the story of my life. I met a lovely Parisian girl on a ferry going to Ireland. She was a student at Sorbonne... My heart aches every time I watch this masterpiece of storytelling and filmmaking. I love storytelling, and your channel is art in itself.

This is one of my favorite trilogies and I’m happy to have finally made a video about it. I’m curious; who here saw the films at the time of their release in 1995, 2004 and 2013? Do you think it affected your experience of these films (as opposed to watching them in a shorter amount of time)?

U playing gymnopedie in the background broke my heart.

I have a question: Does it matter who you married to if a relationship is bound to be exhausted and only left with responsibility? The reason behind the question is because I often see some couples they resulted their relationship with divorce, they concluded that all the conflicts and unhappiness are because he/her is not the right one, so does it matter who you married to in the beginning? We are not the same at each different age, we are growing and we are changing, we see love more deeply in age 40 than in 20, how we deal with the contradiction in our heart that this person or life is not what we wanted anymore? Should we train ourselves to love or should we follow our heart? Maybe we are just passes by to each other, it does not have to have a life time love story to prove our love is true.

This sort of love has happened to me with my first love and then serious relationship. We met on a whim, no expectations or projections - just two souls who happened to be at the right place in the right time. He lived in my country and I lived in his country. Both of us explored each other's worlds yet it was extra special for some reason? I remember so much.... I almost despise my awfully good memory as it's painful but also blissful. I think about that relationship and feel it too beautiful to deserve. I'm unsure what good I've done in this world to experience something so extraordinary.. so out of this world. It felt like I was in another universe when in his arms.. yet gravity always pulled me down. With him, my heart wasn't shakey or anxious but I felt so calm.. so warm.. so vulnerable yet so strong. Unfortunately, unlike the movies, reality does kick in and I don't have hopes for a sequel or part 2 as we've ended things due to forces out of our control. As much as I absolutely wish to be with this special person.. how much I'd like that universe where we'd have more time together. We've even confessed to each other that it was the first time we were so comfortable to be our true selves with another being - I've never felt so loved and to love someone so deeply before. Perhaps that's what first loves are? I'm beyond thankful for his existence and that we experienced something so indescribably...... Amazing...... Ecstasy...... Growth......And yet hints of doubts....... Sufferings...... Endurance...... Pain..... And soon, acceptance.

You are aware my friend, you do this very well because you have a deeper understanding of the human language. It’s now what you say but how you say it, keep up this great work my brother... beautiful!

the first films was a dream scenario for most people. meet a beautiful girl on holiday and fall in love. 2nd films: they reconnect they decide to pursue their crazy romantic story and leave their normal life behind forever-ultimate fantasy. 3rd film: we see them paying for that decision

Please don't ever change who you are! Your video essays are always spoken intelligently, but you only speak on that which has truly affected you and caused you to ponder or mature in life. That is what seperates this channel from other cinema video essays and I pray you never change or subvert to others' expectations! Keep up the great work!

‘The years shall run like rabbits, For in my arms I hold The Flower of the Ages, And the first love of the world.' But all the clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime: ‘O let not Time deceive you, You cannot conquer Time. W.H. Auden, As I Walked Out One Evening

I was not expecting you to cover this trilogy and I am so excited that you did. I hold all three of these films very close to my own heart as it’s very relatable to everyone who has ever found a connection and after letting it go you realize, you’ve taken it for granted, even after doing everything that you could, sometimes just then it wasn’t meant to be as our hearts were too young, too naive, filled with hope of a future that we have all the time in the world to recapture it. I am so happy to have found my beloved but I will always remember the connection I had with someone else at a time when I was younger and for reasons of her staying with someone else that she felt tied to (due to history and afraid that if she left him his life would fall apart, this kid was 24 and suffered manic episodes and mild depression; never appreciate or paid attention to her when she was around and only missed her when she was away. They must have been on and off for 5 years. And I couldn’t keep waiting. I had to move on. Toughest thing I did and everyday I am so thankful to have found another woman who appreciates me and sees me for what my love is; unconditional, with so much to give, you just have to leap with me) (I tell this story in case anyone else has had a similar story as mine. You’ll find someone else if that person really can’t make that leap with you)

this is a well explained video. thank you.

Even though I like Ethan Hawke, I’m not familiar with this trilogy of films. The concept of 3 films with the same characters over 18 years is very interesting.

I have watched this trilogy for almost every month. The last movie never fails to make me very emotional especially the part where Jessie says to Celine that he's giving her his whole life.

the fact that your voice sounds like the poet down by the river makes this video 100% perfect.

Yesterday I met someone and I felt like a connection and when he said 'he was going', I felt that I should hold on to him so I asked his social media. That was surely a 'Before sunrise' moment in my life.

this was so well crafted. really compelling

There's something special about your voice. The way you tell stories is really powerful, so use that power wisely...

You are a true modern philosopher - among the best ever. Glad I am your patreon.

I always loved these films because of their honesty and kindness. The couple behaves in such an honest and realistic way that you cannot help by empathize with them. I have not seen the last one but I will check it out soon!

I definitely never post anything...nada...zero...except here...this...One... So thank YOU for everything, Mister.

Another thing I love about this channel Is the drop of book recommendations. They are really worth checking out as I haven't heard them before. Like those books you mentioned in the videos of Archetype characters King, Magician...

I have been reading comments here and it made me more curious about these movies. I haven’t watched them but definitely I’ll do. I just want to find the best time to do so.. I’m so excited

This page is one of the best on KZfaq...Please don't stop making videos ever! This might come off as a fanboy comment but I literally have chills running down my spine while watching your videos

The before trilogy are my absolute favorite movies thank you for making this it has only improved my relationship with the movies

You are so beautiful. So many of us have been on this huge journey for years now. Ours lives suddenly were turned inside out. We spent our "time in the desert". We researched and studied, and gained personal wisdom...but in all the searching through ancient texts, philosophers of another time, we are at a time now where we just feel we are waiting for something, and can't really "go back" to who we were, and don't know exactly who we are in these times. You are a deeply cherished voice to us, a gentle reminder speaking is soothing tones, and whispering things that bring to mind the archetypes are not gone, they have always been with us, and we are them.

In a moment where I'm really struggling to figure out what I want from my heart your channel is, once again, inspirational. Thank you sir.

One of the best trilogies ever made, plain and simple.

just watched 3 of your videos back to back to back. you explore themes in movies that i love a lot and moved me deeply. you even made me think about some things that i hadn't previously, despite watching each of these films repeatedly. you've earned another sub. keep up the good work.

You did such a great job dude! I’m so obsessed with these films, I binge watch them every year.

You, sir, have one of the best channels on youtube. All of your videos are so well-crafted and have so much meaning. Love your work.

Your video is like a dissertation essay on this trilogy! Bravo!!!!

I cant tell you how amazed I am at these videos you make! They are well researched, written, and produced. I've found myself in tears in many of your videos. You have an amazing talent and I wanted to share my appreciation to you. Please continue to produce these amazing videos about the analysis of film, life and our existence!

You have one of the finest youtube channels I've ever come across. Thanks.

This is a wonderful trilogy and a great analysis. I think the key is this - the 'high' a couple gets in the early stages will fade and is largely beyond our control but it can be replaced by something deeper as time goes on: true intimacy, which is very much within our control. This demands communicating in constructive ways that don't involve finger pointing or belittling the other person's perspective but listening in ways that really allow the other to feel heard. IMO, the key to long term relationships is how to handle conflict. Conflict can cause tremendous damage or draw a couple into intimacy. The choice is ours. It just takes learning some basic skills and breaking unhealthy habits. I actually think the fight scene, while having many positive aspects, also shows some pretty disfunctional tendencies - but it is reality for many couples.

In one word: MASTERPIECE

My favorite romance. I really love the Midnight. Thanks for the profound video...

I am fortunate to have found my way to this channel. You continue to impress with your work. A true lover of films. Again, bravo!

I recommended it to so many people when they asked about my favourite movies, but I seriously doubt if anyone of them really watched the whole series. It’s like saying: hey there’s something expressed the true feelings of connections I once experienced with someone, into those beautiful moments and details. I don’t even know whether the movies described the idealism of relationships in my head or I am forming mine because of watching it. But I know for those people who watched it and loved it so much just like me, we are a big step closer of knowing each other better than others.

So deeply profound, your discussions. I'm thankful I found this channel.

Wow, fabulous video. Thank you for spreading such beautiful films to the masses.

this trilogy is THE BEST movie experience of my entire life - it's changed me forever

The poem delusion angel on before sunrise became my favourite poem

Wow beautifully done. Great analysis!

Your videos are outstanding and this one is no exception. Thank you for highlighting why this trilogy is like no other movie love story. It feels like the real thing!

This exposition was wonderful. Thank you.

fantastic editing...great work, man!

You are doing a fantastic job! I can't even describe how nice it is! Thank you!

Can you like stop making me cry? You are wonderful at crafting these. Just wonderful.

You deserve more followers,bro..! Great essay.

I just watched this entire trilogy just to watch your video. Well done. This was a very deep movie. Very hard to watch at times.

so good. great video!

The best ever movie I have watches so far. its been years, I ve seen these three movies, but still, I do realise the feel it gave me.

Fantastic work!!! Thank you!!!!! Keep them coming👌🏼

I fell in love with a foreign exchange student from spain. My connection with her is so unique and she leaves in 5 weeks and we talk little about it because it upsets both of us. Our bond is sooo sooo different and real and she has shown me that. Will I ever see her again? Im 17 in Highschool

Conflict can lead to deeper intimacy... Bravo!

Thank you for this. Beautiful video for a beautiful series.

thank you so much for this video, this trilogy its my favorite of all time. not a lot of people know those movies but its one of the best movies ever made. the humanity and the reality of relationship in the trilogy it's amazing, i had the chance to watch the last one in the movies and the theater was empty n an opening weekend. i felt sad and happy and sad at the same time. thank you for another great video about masterpeace of film making.

My favorite trilogy ever. Style, frame, meaning, idea, everything - so enjoyable. Thanks to all who co-created it 🙏

“The story of Jesse And Celine has shown us a Universe that is messy and random and can make us feel like we have no control over our lives but then again the same Universe also gives us these brief windows of opportunity that have the potential to change everything. Here we find the importance for us to act on these rare moments to chase after what we really makes us happy what makes life worth living this ofcourse takes courage.”

As much as I love this trilogy, and how much they make me feel hopeful, they also make me feel sad and feel like I was born in the wrong generation. I'm an old soul, and most of the people you can possibly be with this days are either into social media or think so highly of themselves. It is hard. If I talk to someone on a train ride right now, I'll probably be seen as a creepy guy or worse, get viral for all the wrong reasons.

Can't wait for part 4 "Before Divorce."

Well done !! I realy love the way you tell us about this beautifulll trilogy !!

Great video! Before Sunrise is my favorite film.

Amazing essay. Thank you.

My favorite trilogy and greatest romance films of all time

I love this review of one of my all time fave film by Linklater. Hawke and Delphy created a chemistry which is incomparable. Thank you for making this awesome insight.

Great insight of the evolution of these characters’ relationship. Beautiful work, thanks ❤️

You did an amazing job ❤️

Awesome analysis. Thanks.

I feel sad I'm 23 and I relate with their 30s self but not their 22/23 year old one.

I love this trilogy and this video taught me so much more about it. Thank you :)

I might have to watch this again.

i checked these movies out recently and couldn't stop crying for some reason. It is so real that its too sad. Its a beautiful movie. We are all as confused as the characters.

great video sir!

I saw the trilogy in order when before midnight released. So I didn't grow with it because I was too young. But it still became my one of my favorite films of all time. Any of the 3 movies could be your favorite of the series and a case could be made for it. My favorite is Before Midnight simply because it has one of my 10 favorite 3rd acts in film

This film seems amazing 😯 super realistic, nothing out of this world but on the point 💛

incredible video, as are all the videos ive seen on your page.

Again, thank you!

What I wanna know is how many of you have seen the call back scene in waking life to two separate conversations in this movie.

Great video again! I really like Linklater and his movies too. My personal favourite is „Boyhood“. I am looking forward very expectantly for your next Video-Essay. Thank you so much for your work here, it is really compelling. (Only as an idea: How about a video about the Nouvelle Vague or just one of the films of it? I guess you would do a good job at analysing it! :D)

A great analysis for a great trilogy.

Simply masterful.

Wonderful. I saw the whole trilogy for the first time when it was released on blu-ray in 2017, and it affected me more than any other media I saw that year. The series had a bit of mythical build-up in my mind as well and still surpassed it. I remember reading a review for Before Sunset in my local paper, and marveling at the concept of this real-time sequel to a romance film I had never heard of. But I never got around to seeing it, and soon a whole new cycle of time had passed. I'm glad I corrected this oversight, even it it took far too many years. I can't say enough - or watch other people do the same - about this trilogy.

Thank you so much!

Amazing video for an amazing trilogy. Great job

This trilogy, Trois Coluers(Three colors), and the dark knight trilogy....life complete.

Great analogy thank you I’ve watched these movies 1 million times but I have to watch the last one again

This was great. Made me want to rewatch all 3. I watched the first two 10 years ago and the last one when it came out. I wonder how it would feel to watch all 3 in a short amount of time.