{"id":295,"date":"2021-05-11T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/?p=295"},"modified":"2021-05-11T14:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:28:35","slug":"before-sunrise-before-sunset-before-midnight-a-philosophical-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/2021\/05\/11\/before-sunrise-before-sunset-before-midnight-a-philosophical-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight: A Philosophical Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-298\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/files\/2021\/05\/9780367204396.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Linklater\u2019s celebrated\u00a0<i>Before<\/i>\u00a0trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and C\u00e9line (Julie Delpy) who first meet up in\u00a0<i>Before Sunrise<\/i>, later reconnect in\u00a0<i>Before Sunset<\/i>\u00a0and finally experience a fall-out in\u00a0<i>Before Midnight<\/i>. Not only do these films present storylines and dilemmas that invite philosophical discussion, but philosophical discussion itself is at the very heart of the trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Before-Sunrise-Before-Sunset-Before-Midnight-A-Philosophical-Exploration\/Maes-Schaubroeck\/p\/book\/9780367204396\">This book<\/a>, containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributors, explores the many philosophical themes that feature so vividly in the interactions between C\u00e9line and Jesse, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>the nature of love, romanticism and marriage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>the passage and experience of time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>the meaning of life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>the art of conversation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>the narrative self<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>gender<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Including an interview with Julie Delpy in which she discusses her involvement in the films and the importance of studying philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>More information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Before-Sunrise-Before-Sunset-Before-Midnight-A-Philosophical-Exploration\/Maes-Schaubroeck\/p\/book\/9780367204396\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Linklater\u2019s celebrated\u00a0Before\u00a0trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and C\u00e9line (Julie Delpy) who first meet up in\u00a0Before Sunrise, later reconnect in\u00a0Before Sunset\u00a0and finally &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/2021\/05\/11\/before-sunrise-before-sunset-before-midnight-a-philosophical-exploration\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36744,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9111],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36744"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}