Maybe the moment seizes you? "Boyhood" was filmed over the course of twelve years, chronicling the fictional life of Mason Evans, Jr. (Ellar Coltrane) from first grade to college. We watch him grow from a boy to a young man. "Boyhood" focuses on little moments. We don't see Mason's friendships form, we don't see him kiss his first girl, go on his first date. We see the post-breakups, we see one particularly memorable night with his friends in Junior High School. The movie is better for it. Richard Linklatter, the writer and director, has created a uniquely humanistic movie about life. It is devoid of cynicism (but not tragedy) and does not concern itself the least bit with death. "Boyhood" is about the moments that make an individual life, and how every minute, no matter how 'important,' is significant in its own way. It is truly epic.
Boyhood
Boyhood
Boyhood
Maybe the moment seizes you? "Boyhood" was filmed over the course of twelve years, chronicling the fictional life of Mason Evans, Jr. (Ellar Coltrane) from first grade to college. We watch him grow from a boy to a young man. "Boyhood" focuses on little moments. We don't see Mason's friendships form, we don't see him kiss his first girl, go on his first date. We see the post-breakups, we see one particularly memorable night with his friends in Junior High School. The movie is better for it. Richard Linklatter, the writer and director, has created a uniquely humanistic movie about life. It is devoid of cynicism (but not tragedy) and does not concern itself the least bit with death. "Boyhood" is about the moments that make an individual life, and how every minute, no matter how 'important,' is significant in its own way. It is truly epic.