The Before Trilogy (1995-2013)

[RobertLuketic]

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/12...before-trilogy

DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:

New, restored 2K digital transfers of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset and a 2K digital master of Before Midnight, approved by director Richard Linklater, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Before Sunrise Blu-ray and 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks on the Before Sunset and Before Midnight Blu-rays
New discussion featuring Linklater and actors Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, moderated by critic Kent Jones
Behind-the-scenes footage and interviews from the productions of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset
Audio commentary on Before Midnight by Delpy, Linklater, and Hawke
Dream Is Destiny, a 2016 feature-length documentary about Linklater by Louis Black and Karen Bernstein
New documentary about the making of Before Midnight in Greece by filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari
3×2, a new conversation between scholars Dave Johnson and Rob Stone about Linklater’s work
Linklater // On Cinema & Time, a video essay by filmmaker :: kogonada
PLUS: An essay on the trilogy by critic Dennis Lim

The cornerstone of the career-long exploration of cinematic time by director Richard Linklater, this celebrated three-part romance captures a relationship as it begins, begins again, deepens, strains, and settles over the course of almost two decades. Chronicling the love of Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke), from their first meeting as idealistic twentysomethings to the disillusionment they face together in middle age, The Before Trilogy also serves as a document of a boundary-pushing and extraordinarily intimate collaboration between director and actors, as Delpy and Hawke, who cowrote two of the films, imbue their characters with a sense of raw, lived-in experience, and as they age on-screen along with them. Attuned to the sweeping grandeur of time’s passage as well as the evanescence of individual moments, the Before films chart the progress of romantic destiny as it navigates the vicissitudes of ordinary life.

UPDATE: Criterion producers have confirmed at the SCMS conference in Montreal that Before trilogy will be released sometime in 2016!


When asked about when Before Sunrise is going to be released on blu-ray, Ethan Hawke said it will be soon, and something along the lines that Criterion is working on releasing the whole trilogy on blu-ray.

Ethan Hawke Talks BOYHOOD and Says BEFORE SUNRISE Trilogy Might be Getting a Criterion Release - YouTube

http://collider.com/before-sunrise-t...n-ethan-hawke/

Check around 2:15 mark...forgive me if this is an inappropriate thread.

[MifuneFan]

That would fit with the new years clue (two suns)

[Mandalorian]

I'll be all over this.

[StLouisRibs]

I mean, yes, of course Criterion wants the rights to this? It doesn't mean they're actually getting them. Not news.

[mayorofsmpleton]

Day 1 if this happens. Dying for the first two.

[GenPion]

Not surprising. It was heavily suggested at by the Criterion New Year's sketch.

[tylerdurden10]

... pretty much what would happen if this comes to pass.

[MTRodaba2468]

The Before movies have been rumored for quite a few years now. If it finally pans out, I will purchase the set day one.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by GenPion

Not surprising. It was heavily suggested at by the Criterion New Year's sketch.

Well, the 2 suns and moon could be the Before trilogy, or the Dardenne's "Two Days One Night" (which seemed most likely) or Moonrise Kingdom.

The fact that Hawke says the are "trying" to get the rights doesn't mean they did, or that it's coming soon, unless he just has bad information. I hope it happens though.

[chris_sc77]

Must own. Better have new commentaries for the first two great films

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Well, the 2 suns and moon could be the Before trilogy, or the Dardenne's "Two Days One Night" (which seemed most likely) or Moonrise Kingdom.

The fact that Hawke says the are "trying" to get the rights doesn't mean they did, or that it's coming soon, unless he just has bad information. I hope it happens though.

The moon is for sure for Moonrise Kingdom, but the suns being on polar opposites (i.e. East and West) to me signifies sunrise and sunset

[GenPion]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Well, the 2 suns and moon could be the Before trilogy, or the Dardenne's "Two Days One Night" (which seemed most likely) or Moonrise Kingdom.

The fact that Hawke says the are "trying" to get the rights doesn't mean they did, or that it's coming soon, unless he just has bad information. I hope it happens though.

I'm pretty sure it was for all three actually: the Before Sunrise Trilogy, Two Days, One Night, and Moonrise Kingdom.

It wouldn't be the first time several titles were associated this way via Criterion.

[Doctor Jack]

If this happens I will finally believe there is a God.

[THS]

Day 1, if it really happens.

[Scottie]

[tyler2tall147]

Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

I mean, yes, of course Criterion wants the rights to this? It doesn't mean they're actually getting them. Not news.

Why wouldn't Criterion be able to get them, do certain companies refuse to work with Criterion? Its not like these are best seller films.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by GenPion

I'm pretty sure it was for all three actually: the Before Sunrise Trilogy, Two Days, One Night, and Moonrise Kingdom.

It wouldn't be the first time several titles were associated this way via Criterion.

Which was my thinking, too.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by tyler2tall147

Why wouldn't Criterion be able to get them, do certain companies refuse to work with Criterion? Its not like these are best seller films.

The Before Sunrise/Sunset films are released by Warner, and they're tough when it comes to sub-licensing their films, but they have worked with Criterion before, and it was confirmed late last year that there will be more Warner titles coming out by Criterion this year. Before Midnight is a Sony release, and they have a much stronger licensing relationship with them. Overall, I don't think there will be any issues with Criterion securing these (I'm sure the New Years clue means they already have).

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

The Before Sunrise/Sunset films are released by Warner, and they're tough when it comes to sub-licensing their films, but they have worked with Criterion before, and it was confirmed late last year that there will be more Warner titles coming out by Criterion this year. Before Midnight is a Sony release, and they have a much stronger licensing relationship with them. Overall, I don't think there will be any issues with Criterion securing these (I'm sure the New Years clue means they already have).

I still believe that's essentially untrue. The one exception was Badlands, and that still seems like a case where Edward R. Pressman owned enough of the film to sway their hand.

It probably doesn't make much difference but I look at 2015 as the year they're actually beginning to work together.

[Visco.]

Begging on my knees for this to be real.