2.32 - BEFORE SUNSET (2004) & Memory

The franchise continues with the 80-minute (check that out!) follow-up to Richard Linklater’s first film. We talk about meta-filmic cinema, how this film is like Berthold Brecht crossed with Arthur Miller, and why the film is a reflection on the process of creating memories.

This Week’s Watching
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (2017): Chris McKay, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis
MOANA (2016): Ron Clements, Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson

Recommendations
DODES’KA-DEN (1970): Akira Kurosawa, Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai
BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (1999): Jamie Babbit, Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall
DEAD POETS’ SOCIETY (1989): Peter Weir, Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke
MARY AND MAX (2009): Adam Elliot, Bethany Whitmore, Toni Collette

Footnotes
Firstly, an interesting introduction to meta-cinema. Secondly, here are links to the playwrights we mention this week, in an episode that looks more at dramatic than filmic convention. Finally, here are a bunch of articles on the process of creating memories, that seemed particularly pertinent to this week’s discussion: 1, 2, 3, and 4.