Before Sunrise and Before Sunset

Before Sunrise (1995) dan Before Sunset (2004) adalah film yang dengan sukses membuatku termehe-mehe. Dasar mellow dan cengeng, kok bisa ya nangis sesegukan nonton dua film itu. Dua film yang selama durasinya melototin dialog Jesse (Ethan Hawk) dan Celine (Julie Delpy).

Before Sunrise bercerita tentang pertemuan Jesse dan Celine dalam perjalanan kereta api kemudian dilanjutkan dengan cerita kebersamaan mereka selama semalam di Wina. Before Sunset adalah sequel Before Sunrise, mengisahkan kisah pertemuan kembali mereka berdua di Paris sembilan tahun kemudian.

Lihat saja Taglinenya

Before Sunrise

... When love can come as a complete surprise
Can the greatest romance of your life last only one night?

Before Sunset

What if you had a second chance with the one that got away?

Review filmnya bisa diliat di wikipedia di sini dan di sini.

Dialog-dialog apik kedua film tersebut berbicara tentang banyak hal seperti konsep cinta, connection and relationship, God, isu lingkungan hidup, konflik, teknologi, wanita dan sekilas feminisme. Jadi, selama durasinya, kita mantengin Jesse dan Celine ngobrol lompat-lompat dari satu topic ke topic lain. Aku sendiri kemudian jadi ikut berpikir tentang pandanganku mengenai hal-hal itu.

Aneh juga untuk genre film drama romantis, selama film tidak ada dialog love confession, nggak ada "I love u, do you love me?". Jadi, sebagai penonton kita harus mikir dan menebak untuk bisa menilai perasaan Jesse dan Celine. Kata-kata tidak selalu mencerminkan perasaan, gesture tubuh akan lebih bernilai.

Film ini juga berbeda karena bukan tipe film it ends happily ever after. Kedua film berakhir menggantung, entah apakah cinta akan bersatu atau tidak. Pertanyaan apa yang terjadi kemudian pada film Before Sunrise memang dijawab oleh sequelnya, tetapi apa yang kemudian terjadi pada Jesse dan Celine pada film kedua? Kita boleh menggunakan semua imajinasi untuk akhir yang kita mau, tergantung kita tipe synical or romantic (seperti kata-kata Jesse saat interview mengenai novelnya di Before Sunset).

Somehow, dua film ini sanggup mendorong-dorong sisi romantis gelap, tersembunyi, cengeng, mellow dan sedang mikir tentang konsep cinta dalam diriku yang beberapa minggu lalu memang sedang terstimulasi untuk keluar dan mengapung-ngapung menunjukkan ekspresinya.

Yeah, film itu gue banget. Tidak dalam pengertian aku sempet kenalan sama cowo di kereta terus jalan bareng semaleman :p. Lebih karena pemikiran Jesse atau Celine juga kadang-kadang terlintas dan SAMA BANGET dengan yang ada di pikiranku. Film romantis tapi realistis. Ending cinta dalam kehidupan nyata kadang-kadang tidak terduga kan?

Dari kedua film, aku punya beberapa dialog, puisi dan soundtrack favourite.

Before Sunrise

Scene XIV – “The Answer Must Be In The Attempt” (The Alley)

Céline: No, no, no, wait a minute. Talking seriously here. I mean,...I, I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making...making it look my...my whole life is revolving around some guy. But loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?

Dan tentu puisi ini dari scene XII, Delusion Angel (David Jewell)
Daydream delusion,
limousine eyelash,
oh, baby with your pretty face,
drop a tear in my wineglass,
look at those big eyes,
see what you mean to me,
sweet cakes and milkshakes,
I am a delusioned angel,
I am a fantasy parade,
I want you to know what I think,
dont want you to guess anymore,
you have no idea where I came from,
we have no idea where we're going,
launched in life,
like branches in the river,
flowing downstream,
caught in the current,
I'll carry you, you'll carry me,
that's how it could be,
don't you know me?
don't you know me by now?

Before Sunset
Dialog favorite aku sebenarnya semua scene VI Car Ride, tapi yang paling menohok yang ini.

Jesse: No, wait, you just said that you need to love and be loved...
Céline: Yeah, but when I do it quickly makes me nauseous! It's a disaster... I mean I'm really happy only when I'm on my own. Even being alone...it's better than...sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely. It's not so easy for me to be all romantic. You start off that way and after you've been screwed over a few times...you...you…you forget about all your delusional ideas and you just take what comes into your life. That's not even true I haven't been...screwed over, I've just had too many blah relationships. They weren't mean, they cared for me, but... there were no real...connection or excitement. At least not from my side.
Jesse: God, I'm sorry, is it...is it really that bad? It's not, right?
Céline: (Shaking her head with eyes nearly watering.) You know...it's not even that. I was...I was fine, until I read your fucking book! It stirred shit up, you know? It reminded me how genuinely romantic I was, how I had so much hope in things, and now it's like...I don't believe in anything that relates to love. I don't feel things for people anymore. In a way...I put all my romanticism into that one night, and I was never able to feel all this again. Like...somehow this night took things away from me and...I expressed them to you, and you took them with you! It made me feel cold, like if love wasn't for me!
Jesse: I... I don't believe that. I don't believe that.
Céline: You know what? Reality and love are almost contradictory for me. It's funny...every single of my ex’s...they're now married! Men go out with me, we break up, and then they get married! And later they call me to thank me for teaching them what love is, and…
Jesse: (Smiling sympathetically.) Oh God. (Rubs his face with both hands.)
Céline: …and that I taught them to care and respect women!
Jesse: (Pointing at himself.) I think I'm one of those guys.
Céline: (Yelling.) You know, I want to KILL them!! Why didn't they ask ME to marry them? I would have said "No", but at least they could have asked!! But it's my fault, I know it's my fault, because...I never felt it was the right man. Never! But what does it mean the right man? The love of your life? The concept is absurd; the idea that we can only be complete with another person is...EVIL!! RIGHT??!!
Jesse: (Sheepishly.) Can I talk?
Céline: (Speaking more quietly.) You know, I guess I've been heartbroken too many times. And then I recovered. So now, you know, from the starts I make no effort…because I know it’s not going to work out, I know it’s not going to work out.
Jesse: You can't do that. You can't do that, you can't live your life trying to avoid pain, at the expense of en...

Dan lagu ini yang membuatku ekstra termehe-mehe...

Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts
Let me sing you a waltz
About this one night stand

You were for me that night
Everything I always dreamt of in life
But now you're gone
You are far gone
All the way to your island of rain

It was for you just a one night thing
But you were much more to me
Just so you know

I hear rumors about you
About all the bad things you do
But when we were together alone
You didn't seem like a player at all

I don't care what they say
I know what you meant for me that day
I just wanted another try
I just wanted another night
Even if it doesn't seem quite right
You meant for me much more
Than anyone I've met before

One single night with you little Jesse
Is worth a thousand with anybody

I have no bitterness, my sweet
I'll never forget this one night thing
Even tomorrow, another arms
My heart will stay yours until I die

Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my blues
Let me sing you a waltz
About this lovely one night stand

(A waltz for a Night by Julie Delpy)
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Tiiik, ampe nyari script film dan soundtracknya ya??? Kok sebegitunya?? Ya, aku berusaha membahagiakan sisi romantis dan mellowku aja kok. Dan kalau ada pembahasan tentang film romantis seperti di postingannya awan yang ini, Before Sunrise dan Before Sunset adalah film favoritku SEKARANG.

Waduww, Cinta oh Cinta!! (rahasia malam, sudut kamar dan ribuan detik tentang kita)