Captures the cold indifference of an emerging culture of egocentrism implied by its title in gradually more painful measures. Ma's loaded retort to Rhoda w/r/t necessary self-deception is one of the most bitterly honest scenes I've ever witnessed, paradoxically humiliating and dignifying. The "last date" anticipates BEFORE SUNSET but raises the stakes at the last moment, as the couple deflectively suspend their illusions and acknowledge their mortality. One would be hard-pressed to imagine a better earned train-station last kiss than that.