Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Apex Mountain Eurail trains; Austrian palm readers; littering; Kath Bloom; Cemetery of the Nameless; listening booths disputed In the discussion (10) Approx. transcript time · 01:21:54Read transcript Hawke's apex is debated as Reality Bites followed by a re-apex at Training Day. Boyhood and the Purge/Sinister period are proposed as a third Hawke wave strengthened by his public storytelling. Julie Delpy's apex is placed at Before Sunset. Eurail trains, Austrian palm readers, and the film's conspicuous littering are easy answers. Vienna is compared with The Third Man and a Billy Joel song as a cultural apex. The first date is compared with Neil and Eadie in Heat and Colin Farrell and Gongley in Miami Vice. The film is called a powerful date movie that can expose a weak relationship. Gen X is placed around 1994–95, with Reality Bites and Kicking and Screaming as reference points. The listening booth is compared to Philip Seymour Hoffman hearing jazz in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Kath Bloom and the Cemetery of the Nameless receive direct apex answers.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Cruise or Hanks? Cruise (two choices); Hanks (one choice) In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:26:26Read transcript Cruise is favored for his motor-mouth energy and is imagined making the Vienna night hilariously intense. Cocktail and Jerry McGuire are cited as evidence that Cruise could handle extended romantic conversation. Hanks is proposed as a plausible young alternative but judged less neurotic than Jesse. The final tally is two votes for Cruise and one for Hanks.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Scorsese or Spielberg? Scorsese In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:29:22Read transcript Scorsese is the first answer based on After Hours and its single-night structure. Spielberg is considered for the movie's sentimentality and spiritualism. The hosts would rather see Scorsese's version because Spielberg's version feels easier to predict. They acknowledge that substituting either director is difficult because this is quintessential Linklater.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise What role would Philip Seymour Hoffman play? Street poet In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:30:29Read transcript The street poet is the immediate and final preferred role. A mid-1990s Hoffman as Jesse is briefly test-driven. One of the play actors is a secondary alternative.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Did This Movie Need a Random Sports Scene? Knicks–Rockets and O. J. chase; hacky sack; Austrian soccer In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:31:01Read transcript Racing to a television for Knicks-Rockets is the first proposed sports scene. Jesse joining a hacky-sack game is the leading period-specific option. A scene where Jesse dismisses Austrian soccer as unlikely to catch on in America is another option.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Blind Call to Russillo No answer The panel proposes a new category here. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:31:49Read transcript A proposed recurring segment calls Russillo to ask whether he has seen the movie; the attempt reaches voicemail.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Picking Nits Leather jacket in June; body odor; missing bartender address; poor pinball; incorrect Playmate name In the discussion (7) Approx. transcript time · 01:32:22Read transcript Jesse wearing a leather jacket in Vienna in mid-June seems too warm. Neither lead showers despite train and hostel travel, coffee, and a night of walking. The hosts debate whether people in the 1990s were simply more tolerant of body odor. Jesse never receives the bartender's address for repayment. Both characters are conspicuously bad at pinball during an intimate conversation. The film names the wrong July 1978 Playboy Playmate; the podcast identifies Karen Morton as the actual Playmate. Karen Morton's credits in History of the World, Part I and Tommy Tutone's “867-5309/Jenny” video are reported as supporting research.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Is This Movie Better With…? Longlegs as palm reader; Wilford Brimley; Tony Romo; Daniel Plainview as poet; Tom Brady In the discussion (7) Approx. transcript time · 01:34:54Read transcript The category introduces a long list of recurring commentary personas and alternate performers. Nell and Harley-Maze are included in the rapid-fire roster, but their identities are not safely resolved from the undiarized transcript. Longlegs is requested as the fortune teller. Wilford Brimley narrates Jesse's failed trip to Spain in the style of The Firm. The Ferris-wheel seduction is performed as a football-broadcast call. Daniel Plainview recites the street poem and turns it into a milkshake riff. Tom Brady narrates Jesse's poise and the strength of his romantic offensive line.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Just One Oscar Richard Linklater — direction or shared screenplay In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:37:43Read transcript Linklater is the initial answer; directing versus a shared screenplay award is left open. The screenplay would recognize the shared authorship discussed by the hosts. The next two trilogy films are noted as later screenplay nominees.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise Probably Unanswerable Questions Sex; romantic grand gestures; Jesse’s writing; literary interpretation In the discussion (6) Approx. transcript time · 01:38:03Read transcript Whether the couple had sex is raised, with the later film said to supply an answer. The hosts wonder how many first dates copied Jesse's grand romantic gestures. Bill says he made similarly grand gestures when he was younger. — Bill Simmons Jesse becoming a novelist makes it puzzling that he never shows Celine any writing during the night. Jesse's distrust of the poet is connected to his difficulty surrendering his own vulnerability. The discussion turns into a question about a participant’s attraction to literary, metaphor-seeking characters despite his resistance to being one.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson Connection for 24 hours over no connection; human connection as religion In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:41:03Read transcript A brief but real connection is valued over a life without connection. Human connection is framed as the real religion of the world.
Before Sunrise · The Rewatchables ·January 28, 2025 Before Sunrise What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie? Street poem In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:41:16Read transcript The poem is the leading memorabilia choice. The Kath Bloom album and wine bottle are additional desired objects. The maroon turtleneck is rejected as an unwearable look.
