Before Sunrise The Rewatchables
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Before Sunrise

Most Rewatchable Scene

Listening booth (two choices); first train conversation (one choice)

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  • The opening argument between an older couple works as a thematic introduction to the series.
  • The translation reveals that the couple are trading accusations about alcohol and marriage.
  • Jesse's time-machine pitch persuading Celine to leave the train is praised as smart and funny.
  • The hosts report that Delpy helped shape a pitch she believed would actually get Celine off the train.
  • The long one-shot bus conversation about souls is praised both for Jesse's theory and the uninterrupted staging.
  • The listening booth is selected as a winner because the wordless scene lets the actors' glances carry the attraction.
  • Linklater reportedly withheld the song so Hawke and Delpy would hear it for the first time during the take.
  • The Ferris wheel and amusement-park material, including the kiss, are nominated.
  • The fortune teller and the question of love versus excelling at one thing are praised.
  • The street poet and his poem are nominated as a sweet, effective encounter.
  • The imaginary phone calls are praised as a charming device that should not work but does.
  • Jesse talking the bartender into giving them a bottle of wine is nominated despite practical questions.
  • Celine's idea that intimacy grows from knowing another person's habits is highlighted as idealistic wisdom.
  • The goodbye, park sequence, trains, and empty locations revisited at dawn form another leading ending choice.
  • The first train conversation is selected for its naturalistic progression from awkwardness to connection.
  • The cutaway that leaves sex unresolved, followed by the harpsichord window and imagined photograph, is a smaller final nominee.