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Oh, definitely with a bit of separation - say, a few nights later.

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This needs to definately be a seperation over the same amount of time between Before Sunrise and Sunset. About 10 years fits nicely. Everything changed since 1994 and one could only imagine what will be different in 2014. I think the magic about these films is how the audience matures with the characters and goes through the same experiences. To make one now, only a couple of years after the last one will make the discussion more, "uh, so what did you do last saturday? Oh you saw a movie? Snakes on a Plane? Thats cool....so...you want to get married?"
The dialogue is based on the distance in time. Push this one way back.

Also, when I met Linklater back in 2004. I asked him about how Sunset ended and asked if there as a sequel in the works. He said pretty much what I said...that time needs to pass before their lives will amount to anything.......perhaps he is rethinking this?

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Oooh i really hope this is true. Those are easily two of my favourite films ever.

It was almost a suicidal decision to make the first sequel after the perfect ending of the first film, but they surprisingly managed to do it all justice, and then topped it with an even better ending.

I have high hopes.

As for rewatching the two films, i usually do them a day apart. Mainly because i find it hard to watch even brilliant films back to back.

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only before sunset was real time (which i loved, and real real time, not 24 real time). before sunrise wasn't real time as it spanned a whole day and night. i loved both movies, but after watching sunset, sunrise's pacing feels off to me. if this third installment does come to pass, i hope it's real time as well. as for how much time needs to pass between installments, i think while only (by time of release will probably be) 4 years, that'd be enough for big life changes. their possible marriage, kids... maybe dealing with jesse's kid, something. as for watching, i've actually not watched before sunrise in awhile. ususally just sunset.

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I hope there's a car chase and some explosions in the next one. Maybe some snakes on the Paris Metro.

Kidding.

I don't necessarily see the need to wait ten years to do another one. It made sense with Before Sunset because they didn't meet at the train station as planned.

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Yes! Yes! Yes!
Two years has passed. Who says that it has to be equal amounts of time between movies? Anything can happen in two years.
The best part is we would find out what happened that night or at least whether or not they stayed together or whether he went back to his wife and son.

Can't wait!

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Of course I'm scooping Linklater news... I'm devout like that.

I'm with you, Eugene, about making it real-time from now on. I haven't revisited Before Sunrise in a long time, and have this lingering feeling that Sunset totally tops it. (And I was ridiculously skeptical about Sunset when it was announced - so, so pleasantly surprised.)

But, the more I think about it, I'd kind of like to see more random Jesse Celine appearances in other Linklater films - a'la Waking Life. Actually, there simply ought to be more Linklater films of short philosophical skits like Waking Life. Or maybe some kind of syndicated series deal with skits. I could watch those endlessly, and buy the DVD of a whole season, and watch them repeatedly until I began to understand.

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I cant believe you beat me to this news... drats! I have to agree, sunset/sunrise are very high on my list of films, probably number one and two if I was to think about it.

I worry about how he will pull this off... I loved 400 Blows but truffaut's continual return to the character of antoine doinel didn't work for me, and I fear that the same may occur with these characters.

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I believe with the amount of depth and endless scenarios a movie can come out sooner than every 10 years. I am growing up about in the same time frame as the charactetrs and life changes on a daily basis. If they can keep recreating the magic that makes anybody who watches Sunrise/Sunset fall instantly in love with them it will work. It is so amazing that these movies have made so many impacts on so many different levels for the true hopeless romantics.

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Hopeless romantics? Nuh-uh! Both movies were so close to a personal situation that I keep my wedding vows in the cover of one of them. I don't really care how they do the third, if they do one...the first still affects me as much as the second, and I think they should both be appreciated for what they are. Actually, I don't know if I'd like to know how they end up...there's something about holding onto the happily-ever-after fantasy. What if their lives end up being mundane? That might ruin the first two for me.

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I think they should leave it there and not ruin the magic those two films created, adding a third one would be a mistake in my mind.

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Thanks Dani! This article made my day. I can't wait for another movie in this series. Like one movie critic said: "Before Sunset is a quiet, introspective little film that reverberates with more emotion and more human realness than any CGI enhanced cinematic event could ever hope to."

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