before-sunrise-1995: movie monologues to shadow
11 monologues from before-sunrise-1995. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B27 lines
For a television show. Some friends of mine are these cable access producers.
The 24-hour TV pitchbefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995It builds an absurd premise through concrete routines, so the pitch sounds grand and ordinary at once. - B27 lines
My parents have never really spoken of the possibility of my falling in love or getting married or having children.
Parents Rewrite Childhoodbefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995The repeated exchange turns a family habit into a rhythm, and the final 'conversion' line lands the quiet damage. - B219 lines
I remember when, uh, my mother first told me about death.
A Rainbow Visitbefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995The hose, mist and rainbow make a ghost story out of ordinary backyard play, so the ambiguity feels physical. - B211 lines
And my friend Emma had a big, big crush on him.
Summer-Camp Crush Storybefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995The story turns a friend's crush into a sudden confession, with concrete details that make the speaker's panic feel sweet and funny. - B211 lines
50,000 years ago, there were not even a million people on the planet.
The scattered soul theorybefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995It builds a wild theory from population numbers, then turns its weakness into a joke that keeps the listener in. - B211 lines
I don't think it really matters what generation you're born into.
A Generational Speechbefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995It moves from her parents' marches to a vague modern enemy, turning family history into a generational confession. - B26 lines
Everybody's parents fucked them up.
Parents Mess Everyone Upbefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995It builds a bitter list of parental failures, then quietly lands on two ordinary people trying to be nice. - B27 lines
So you have been on a journey and you are a stranger to this place.
The Palm Reader's Prophecybefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995It builds from traveler to seeker to the strength of women, then closes with an inverted line that sounds like scripture. - B210 lines
Okay. I was really disappointed.
The ex and the murder storybefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995She turns a bad breakup into deadpan comedy, piling on insults and then a murder plot she calls fiction. - B123 lines
I mean, actually, I was — I was ready to get off the train with him after talking to him a short while.
Fake Phone Confessionbefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995It turns a staged call into a tender inventory of desire, then slips into self-mockery. - B28 lines
This friend of mine had a kid,
A birth storybefore-sunrise-1995 · 1995It moves from a concrete birth to a quiet claim about mortality, letting the listener feel the turn before naming it.