The Original Article: https://doi.org/10.3366/film.2021.0164
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Part Three on 'Before Midnight':    • 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 one, I focus on ‘Before Sunrise’ and discuss the differing existential states of the trilogy’s enduring couple, Jesse and Céline. In doing so, I also establish the key aspects of Søren Kierkegaard’s philosophical project that the film grapples with.

Timecodes:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:57 Kierkegaard’s Spheres of Existence
00:05:18 The Aesthetic Immediacy of Before Sunrise

References:
• Bataille, G. (1956/2010). Madame Edwarda, Le mort, Histoire de l’oeil (J. J. Pauvert, Ed.). 10/18.
• 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. (1983). Kierkegaard’s Fragments and Postscript: The Religious Philosophy of Johannes Climacus. Humanities Press International.
• 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. (1843/1983). Fear and Trembling/Repetition. (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong,Trans.). Princeton University Press.
• Kierkegaard, S. (1846/2009). Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Philosophical Crumbs.(Alastair Hannay, Trans.). Cambridge University Press.
• Kierkegaard, S. (1849/2004). The Sickness unto Death. (A. Hannay, Trans.). Penguin Books.
• Kinski, K. (1988). All I Need is Love: A Memoir. Random House.
• 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.

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
Letter From an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948) https://amzn.to/3wal9MZ

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