Rewatchables Reference

• Bill and Sean: The listening booth scene (no dialogue; actors had never heard the Kath Bloom song; Hawke called it his 'single favorite take' ever).
• CR: The first train sequence.
• Bill also: The ending montage of empty locations.

• Trains as a movie setting; Jesse as a 'takes man' with his bits; Vienna in summer; actors writing with the director.
• Great quotes: 'The worst thing about somebody breaking up with you is when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with.'
• Jesse's backstory becoming the story of Boyhood.

Essentially nothing. The screenwriting credit dispute that emerged in the 2010s (Delpy felt she and Hawke were undercompensated for their writing contributions). Pay disparity between Hawke and Delpy.

• CR: Celine with her head in Jesse's lap in front of the Archduke Albrecht statue.
• Bill: Wide shot of Jesse on the railing with a beautiful building behind them.
• Sean: The cobblestone streets dip shot, 'Michael Mann style.'

• Kath Bloom's 'Come Here' from the listening booth scene (unanimous).
• CR also: Bach Sonata No. 1 at the end.

Essentially nothing. Bill half-heartedly suggests the closing credits song could have been more era-specific.

• CR: Jesse basically invented live streaming / YouTube / TikTok with his 24/7 public access show idea.
• Sean: This movie is more romantic than Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, or 'Titanic' because it doesn't need life-and-death stakes.

• Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow both auditioned for Celine.
• Final two pairings: Ethan Hawke vs. Michael Vartan; Julie Delpy vs. Sadie Frost.
• Took nine months to settle on Hawke and Delpy.

CR: The poet. Sean: Ernie Mangold (the palm reader, 98-year-old Austrian actress with 100+ credits).

• Inspired by Amy Lehrhaupt, whom Linklater met in 1989. She died in a motorcycle accident before the film's release. He didn't learn of her death until 2010.
• Jesse reads 'All I Need is Love' by Klaus Kinski. Celine reads Georges Bataille.
• Extensive James Joyce/Ulysses parallels (June 16th, Kath Bloom / Molly Bloom, graveyard visit).
• The last shot had to be timed with the train in one take.

• Ethan Hawke: Debated – 'Training Day' vs. this. CR says 'Reality Bites' is apex.
• Julie Delpy: 'Before Sunset'.
• Eurail trains: Yes.
• Kath Bloom: Yes.
• Listening booths: Yes.
• First dates: Debated with Colin Farrell/Gong Li in 'Miami Vice'.

CR and Bill: Scorsese ('After Hours' proves he can do one long night). Sean: Spielberg for the sentimentality.

Would have played the poet (Bill and CR). Sean: the cafe actor.

• Jesse wearing a leather jacket in mid-June Vienna heat.
• No shower/body odor situation for 24 hours.
• The bartender never gets Jesse's address for payment.
• Nobody eats or goes to the bathroom.

• Where is Jesse from? (Guesses: Ohio, Sacramento, Shaker Heights.)
• Did Jesse's 24-hour TV idea predict social media?
• How many people threw emotional Hail Marys on first dates because of this movie?

• Connecting with someone for 24 hours is better than never connecting with anyone.
• Human connection is the real religion.

• CR: The poem the street poet wrote.
• Bill: The actual Kath Bloom album.
• Sean would NOT want Jesse's maroon turtleneck.

'Before Sunset' (the sequel).

Linklater. Hawke would still have been fine without it ('Reality Bites'), but Linklater needed this to launch the trilogy and cement his career.

Probably screenplay, shared by Linklater, Krizan, Hawke, and Delpy.