The Journey Of Love(Before Sunrise/Before Sunset/Before Midnight)

In the Richard Linklater film series, one of the examples of independent cinema, the journeys of two American and French young people who met on the train during their European trips are described with architectural details. In the film series featuring the same director and actors, the architectural identities of Vienna, Paris, and Greece are presented with their natural and built environments. The intensity of emotion that can be called “First Love” in this work was experienced in Vienna. It is possible to see the relationship established by culture, art, and architecture with its buildings, avenues, streets, palaces, squares, cemeteries, fountains, and sculptures in this city. Various styles of the history of art and architecture, ranging from a Gothic cathedral to Baroque buildings, have been visualized through this film. It is possible to say that these styles differ from each other in terms of form and content, as well as the aesthetic values they add to the city. In the city, traces of eclecticism can be seen, reflecting the complexity of the intellectual environment, which is the subject of criticism by architects. In this context, the story of two young people presenting the history and texture of the city with a visual feast on the streets of Vienna also showed the relationship established by architecture and cinema. While describing 'Love', the frames in which the unique architectural beauties of the city are exhibited have presented how the art of cinema uses the architectural elements that are the language of the city in a visual dimension. In this context, it is possible to say that the art of cinema, which visualizes the stories of cities as living organisms, effectively uses architecture to contribute to its memory. 

Keywords: Alt & Neu Schallplattenhandlung, belvedere Palace, birth dance, Before Sunrise, baroque architecture, cafe Sperl, friedhof der Namenlosen, gothic architecture, jean François Pérouse, kunsthistorisches-Museum of Fine Arts, maria Am Gestade-church, richard Linklater, riesenrad, spittelberggasse Street, schwarzenberg Palace, vienna, votiv Church, westbahnhof, walter Basset, Wettstein Park, zollamtssteg Bridge.