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Before Sunset

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Four-location plan; Paris geography; heat; Delpy’s parents; album date; band shirt; last-minute ending revisions

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  • A proposed larger-budget version with four locations reportedly lacked financing; scaling back is considered fortunate.
  • Paris locations include Shakespeare and Company, the cafe and elevated park; the cafe is reportedly a forty-five-minute walk from the bookstore, revealing compressed geography.
  • Filming reportedly occurred in extreme summer heat, and the courtyard couple were Delpy’s parents.
  • A review of Jesse’s book is visible in Celine’s apartment; the Nina Simone recording date is reported as June 16,1968.
  • The passing jogger wears a Horace Pinker band shirt; the apartment ending was reportedly still being written at 3 a.m. the night before filming.