The Quietly Great Richard Linklater in Before Sunset & Before Midnight
"Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past." - Before Sunset "I assure you, that guy you vaguely remember, the sweet romantic one that you met on a train? That is me." - Before Midnight "I don't want to live a boring life where two people own each other, where two people are institutionalized in a box that others created because that is a bunch of stifling bullshit!" - Before Midnight Before Midnight Richard Linklater isn't the most ostentatious auteur of his generation. His camera movements aren't as alluring as Alejandro Iñárritu's nor are they as defiant as David Fincher's. However, Linklater's lack of "style" doesn't make him any less of an auteur. In fact, despite his "low-key" style, Linklater is a formidable talent behind the camera that frankly hasn't gotten the recognition that he deserves. Today we'll look at Before Sunset and Before Midnight . Th...