When you first meet someone, what captured your attention first? His/her good look? His/her eyes? His or her smile? Or else. If you have watched Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, you’ll answer differently. These movies are about two strangers, bump into each other, drown into great talks, and feel that they complete each other. Let me give you the details first. The first movie is Before Sunrise. Jesse is an American who is having a vacation in Europe. She meets Celine on the train heading to Vienna. They begin the conversation. Celine is a French and a student. She is on her way back to French. As Jesse will leave Europe the next day, she asks Celine if she could walk him in Vienna till tomorrow. Celine agrees and both are staying at Vienna for a night. The movie are all about the conversations of those two people. Nothing else. But you won't get bored. Because the talk is very rich. They talk about many things. About politics, social, and about theirselves. We then know that Jesse is a broken home boy and is not close to his family. Meanwhile Celine is a young ambitious student, who is quite cynical with society and government, and love. They spend the night talking and talking, get to know each other better, and finally they make love at the park. On the next day, they promise to see each other again in the next 6 months in Vienna. The sequel is Before Sunset. Both people meet 9 years later. Celine did not show up after 6 months because her grandmother died. Jesse waited in Vienna in desperation. He then tried to forget her and wrote his story with Celine in a book, which become a hit. He is having a book tour in Paris when he meets Celine again. She lives there. Fate meets them there. Celine has worked as an environmentalist, and in a relationship with a photo journalist. Jesse has married with one kid. The conversation are focused on how unhappy Celine with all the relationships she has been through. And how Jesse also feels the same in his marriage. Boring and less passionate. Jesse is supposed to catch his flight to New York but the ending of the movie does not describe that. He is stuck in Celine’s apartment. And we never know what happens next J
What makes me into this movie so much is that the conversation that is made in the movie looks so natural. It is like they do not act to each other. They are really into it. Two strangers are falling in love after a great deep long talk. It is amazing how you flip your heart when you can share all your feelings freely to someone. You feel the connection. You feel the comfort. Eventhough, they do not seem to always agree to each other’s opinion. But they listen. This movie makes me think about how a relationship is built. A basic thing that is needed in a relationship is openness, an act to reveal the true of us. In every relationship, whether with friends, lovers, and even family, what we need is to be open to them, trying to share our opinions, our problems, and our stories. This will enrich the relationship itself. But this will not be perfect when both sides do not have the ability to listen. Each other must have a respect towards someone else’s opinion. They must be patient to listen to their stories, and their problems. I know this movie seems so perfect. How can you stand to talk to a stranger for hours anyway? May be you’ll get bored at one moment. That is not the point anyway. The point is you will know someone better and much better with a good conversation. We sometimes forget to speak our mind and to listen. We only rely upon ourselves. We don’t share much. And what happened? We get depressed. We become individualist. We lose our best friends. We lose our families. We lose the feeling of comfort. To every story in our life, there is one listener. One great conversation can make our day. We will be much happier person with fewer burdens, because we can share laughter, anger, and even sadness. This is what these movies teach me about. It is the essence of a good two-ways communication. Now I come up to a conclusion that you will love someone if you never get bored to talk to him/her, and so will he/she.
Before Sunrise
1 komentar:
I've seen both! Good ones! :)
Posting Komentar