Jun 18, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min · 9 segments
"This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real." For Episode 408, Brandon and Thomas complete their June series on the BEFORE trilogy! Listen as they discuss what prompted Richard Linklater, Ethan…
Thomas HortonHost
I mean, the big thing we've come back to again is this idea of like with, with most of the trilogies we've covered is just how do...
... your, your way to continue? And, and surprisingly of like all the things we've tackled, I think, uh, I think the path forward was kind of most clear with the Before trilogy, 'cause it was-
they didn't rush right into it, by the time they got back around to it, we talked about last, uh, last week.
By the time they got back around to it and everybody was, was ready and available, it was like, okay, well, obviously this story is like them meeting back up again y- however many years later because-
Um, and, and so I think it, it's so interesting to have somebody like Linklater who is so, uh, interested, as- astute, all, you know, skilled at working with time, um-
I mean, the big thing we've come back to again is this idea of like with, with most of the trilogies we've covered is just how do...
... your, your way to continue? And, and surprisingly of like all the things we've tackled, I think, uh, I think the path forward was kind of most clear with the Before trilogy, 'cause it was-
they didn't rush right into it, by the time they got back around to it, we talked about last, uh, last week.
By the time they got back around to it and everybody was, was ready and available, it was like, okay, well, obviously this story is like them meeting back up again y- however many years later because-
Um, and, and so I think it, it's so interesting to have somebody like Linklater who is so, uh, interested, as- astute, all, you know, skilled at working with time, um-
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