BOYHOOD with remarks by David Rank and Ebert film reviews. It’s an astonishing, bold piece of work, dramatically unparalleled and beautifully effective. Richard Linklater’s dedication to his art pays off remarkably with this sumptuous piece of film-making.This is what separates FILMS form MOVIES. I like a good popcorn movie but I love a real film. What an amazing 3 hour master peice that works with the same actors over a twelve year period. Richard Linklater and his crew get together annually to film Linklaters script about a boy who will eventually grow up into a college freshman. Linklaters method behind production was essentially to make several 10 to 15-minute short films over the course of 12 years, each depicting a year in the life of the boy, and then edit them together as a feature film.Sorry no lasers, gunfights, blood/gore, no CGI to age actors, no musical sound tract that announces each age with VH1 style best hits must be included reference.Time is seen passing through Mason’s hairstyles and pop culture references which feel subtle and genuine because they were all written and filmed when they were actually a thing, rather than wallowing in fake nostalgia. It takes some time to digest a great meal and likewise Boyhood will actual grow on you as you allow the subtle but important thematic points grow. ? We glimpse snapshots of Mason’s life as he copes with the different stages of growing up and his relationships with the authoritative figures drifting in and out of his difficult but not extraordinary childhood. The movies constant (if empathetic) critique of American manhood, or what passes for American manhood: an entitled mental state that is really just boyhood with money and a drivers license. The simultaneously nourishing and corrosive effects of time make the film quietly moving and humble-seeming, despite its three-hour length and conceptual audacity. If life is about anything, its about realizing and accepting that fact: that everything is fleeting. Time gives birth and nourishes and then obliterates as it moves ahead, Time is something a lot of directors struggle to convey, sometimes because of dodgy looking prosthetics, characters not looking the right age or actors just not having the experience or placed in the right stage in their life to make you feel how they age. None of this is a problem in Boyhood of course. If nothing else go see the movie and wait to hear the comments people make as they pile out, form absurd to thought provoking. I do not see the film opening big, so if you can see it in a theater before it bcomes a dvd only experience.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 07:48:34 +0000
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