The Original Article: https://doi.org/10.3366/film.2021.0164
Part One on ‘Before Sunrise’:    • The Kierkegaardian Existentialism of ...  
Part Two on ‘Before Sunset’:    • The Kierkegaardian Existentialism of ...  

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This three-part series of video essays examines the Kierkegaardian existentialism set in motion by Richard Linklater’s ‘Before’ trilogy. In this video essay, Part Three, I focus on ‘Before Midnight’ and examine the existential stagnation the leading couple have gone on to experience since reuniting nine years prior in Paris.

Timecodes:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:59 The Stagnancy of Before Midnight
00:11:18 Conclusion

References:
• Cross, A. (1997). Neither either no or: The perils of reflexive irony. In A. Hannay & G. D. Marino (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard (pp. 125–153). Cambridge University Press.
• Evans, C. S. (2009). Kierkegaard: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.
• Kierkegaard, S. (1843/2004). Either/Or: A Fragment of Life. (A. Hannay, Trans.). Penguin Books.
• Kierkegaard, S. (1846/2009). Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Philosophical Crumbs (Alastair Hannay, Trans.). Cambridge University Press.
• Kierkegaard, S. (1847/1995). Works of Love. (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton University Press.
• Lippitt, J. (2000). Humour and Irony in Kierkegaard’s Thought. Macmillan Press.
• Pattison, G. (1997). Art in an age of reflection. In A. Hannay & G. D. Marino (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard (pp. 76–100). Cambridge University Press.
• Walsh, S. (1994). Living Poetically: Kierkegaard’s Existential Aesthetics. Pennsylvania State University Press.

Films:
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) https://amzn.to/38714PW
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004) https://amzn.to/3P6cggc
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) https://amzn.to/3FrTRGe

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