Este filme foi inspirado numa noite que o realizador, Richard Linklater, passou a andar por Philadelphia com Amy, uma mulher que ele conheceu. As personagens Celine e James fazem já parte da história do cinema, voltando a aparecer no filme Waking Life, do mesmo realizador, e na sequela, chamemos-lhe assim, Before Sunset. Que melhor sugestão para o Verão que um Inter-Rail de sonho?


A desculpa para o engate é a discussão entre o casal que partilha a mesma carruagem, mas começa realmente continua com a pergunta obrigatoria: "O que é que estás a ler?"

Celine lia Batailles, esta edição precisamente, e James All I Need is Love de Klaus Kinski. Claro que para isto ser perfeito nenhum deles estava a ler Harlequin & Julia, claro.

Celine está a caminho de Paris, James vai sair em Viena, passar lá a noite e apanhar o avião de volta para os Estados Unidos de manhã. Num rasgo de impetuosidade, resolve convidar Celine a sair em Viena com ele fazendo uso de uma grande conversa fiada sobre como devemos aproveitar as oportunidades que a vida nos dá. Ela aceita. And so it begins.

"Bring me the horns of Wilmington's cow"

Sem comentários, um grande diálogo, dos melhores.

Skinny: Yes, I am the cow. And the cow is a bit weird.

 Fatman: The cow has a disease.

Skinny: She's acting a bit strange, like a dog. If someone throws a stick, she fetches it, and brings it back. And she can smoke, with her hooves, and everything.

Jesse: Okay. Well, this is my thought. 50,000 years ago, there are not even a million people on the planet. 10,000 years ago, there's like 2,000,000 people on the planet. Now, there's between 5 and 6 billion people on the planet, right? Now, if we all have our own, like, individual, unique soul, right, where do they all come from? Are modern souls only a fraction of the original souls? Because if they are, that represents a 5,000-to-1 split of each soul in just the last 50,000 years, which is like a blip in the earth's time. You know, so, at best, we're like these tiny fractions of people, you know, walking... I mean, is that why we're all so scattered? You know, Is that why we're all so specialized?

A loja de discos antigos onde eles entram existe realmente em Viena. Chama-se "Teuchler Alt und Neu" e aqui fica um link com mais informações, entre as quais a morada. Se forem a Viena, já sabem ...

O disco e a música escolhida por Celine para ouvirem na dita loja chama-se Come Here e é cantada por Kath Bloom. Podem saber mais sobre ela aqui e ler a letra da música aqui .


Um beijo na roda gigante ... já começa a fazer falta a Feira Popular ...

Celine: If there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed, but... who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt.


Street Poet: 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'm delusion angel / I'm fantasy parade / I want you to know what I think / Don't want you to guess anymore / You have no idea where I came from / We have no idea where we're going / Latched in life / Like branches in a 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?

 

Jesse: You know what's the worst thing about somebody breaking up with you? Is when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with and you realize that is how little they're thinking of you. You know, you'd like to think you're both in all this pain but they're just like 'Hey, I'm glad you're gone'.



Céline: So often in my life I've been with people, and shared beautiful moments like traveling, or staying up all night and watching the sunrise, and I knew those were special moments. But something was always wrong. I wished I'd been with someone else. I knew that what I was feeling, exactly what was so important to me, they didn't understand. But I'm happy to be with you. You couldn't possibly know why a night like this is so important to my life right now, but it is. This is a great morning.

 


Jesse: We'll dance to the harpsichord.
Céline: Of course.
Jesse: Oh, wow.
Céline: What?
Jesse: Uh.... I'm gonna take your picture. So I never forget you or all this.
Céline: Okay. Me too.


Céline: When you talked earlier about after a few years, how a couple begin to hate each other, by anticipating their reactions, or getting tired of their mannerisms. I think it would be the opposite for me. I think I could really fall in love when I know everything about someone. The way he's gonna part his hair. Which shirt he's gonna wear that day. Knowing the exact story he'd tell in a given situation. I'm sure that's when I'd know I'm really in love.


Jesse: Last night. Six months from last night, which was, uh, uh, June 16th. So, Track Nine, six months from now, at six o'clock at night.
Céline: Dece-- December.
Jesse: December, yeah, right. Now listen, it's a train ride for you, but I got to fly all the way over here and shit like that, alright, but I'm going to be here.
Céline: Okay, me too.
Jesse: Alright.
Céline: And we're not gonna call or write or...
Jesse: Na...
Céline: Na.
Jesse: It's depressing.



Quase 10 anos depois, a história continua aqui.



the end