The director and stars of “Before Midnight” talk about the 3rd chapter of the film series.
Video Content: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke (2013)
SIDEWALKS host Cindy Rhodes talks to the director and cast about working together again and filming “Before Midnight.”
Mini-Biographies:
Born in Houston, Texas, Richard Linklater is a director and screenwriter. Co-founded the Austin Film Society, “It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books” was his first feature film debut. Other films he wrote and/or directed include “Slacker,” “Dazed and Confused,” “subUrbia,” “Waking Life,” “School of Rock,” remake “Bad News Bears,” “A Scanner Darkly,” “Fast Food Nation,” “Bernie,” and “Me and Orson Welles.”
Born in Paris, France, Julie Delpy is an actress, director, screenwriter, and singer. She has appeared in more than 30 films, including “Europa Europa,” “The Voyager,” “Three Colors: White,” “The Three Musketeers,” An “American Werewolf in Paris,” “Broken Flowers,” and “2 Days in Paris,” as well as Celine in “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset.” In 2002, Delpy made her feature film directorial debut with “Looking for Jimmy” where she also wrote and produced. Other films she directed include ““2 Days in Paris,” “The Countess,” and “2 Days in New York.” As a musical artist, she released in 2003 a self-titled album entitled ”Julie Delpy.”
Born in Austin, Texas, Ethan Hawke, who appeared in a 2012 SIDEWALKS interview, is an actor, writer and director. In 1985, he made his film debut in “Explorers,” then a supporting role in “Dead Poets Society.” Hawke received a Screen Actors Guild® and Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actor in “Training Day.” Other films include “Reality Bites,” White Fang,” “A Midnight Clear,” “Alive,” “Before Sunrise,” “Before Sunset,” “Gattaca,” ”Hamlet,” “Assault on Precinct 13,” “Sinister,” and “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.” In 2002, Hawke directed his first film, the independent “Chelsea Walls.” Outside of acting, he wrote two novels, “The Hottest State” and “Ash Wednesday.”
[youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euOJkb0U8vE’]Interview Credits:
Recorded: June 13, 2013
Host / Segment Producer: Cindy Rhodes
Editor: Richard R. Lee
Special Thanks To: Sony Pictures Classics, Junket Productions