#839: LINKLATER, Richard: Boyhood (2014)

LINKLATER, Richard (United States)
Boyhood [2014]
Spine #839
Blu-ray


There has never been another movie like Boyhood, from director Richard Linklater. An event film of the utmost modesty, it was shot over the course of twelve years in the director's native Texas and charts the physical and emotional changes experienced by a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane), his divorced parents (Patricia Arquette, who won an Oscar for her performance, and Ethan Hawke), and his older sister (Lorelei Linklater). Alighting not on milestones but on the small, in-between moments that make up lives, Linklater fashions a flawlessly acted, often funny portrait that flows effortlessly from one year to the next. Allowing us to watch people age on film with documentary realism while gripping us in a fictional narrative of exquisite everydayness, Boyhood has a power that only the art of cinema could harness.

165 minutes
Color
5.1 Surround
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Director/Writer



A

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Twenty-four page booklet featuring an essay by novelist Jonathan Lethem.

Commentary

Featuring Linklater and nine members of the film’s cast and crew.

Documentary

Chronicling the film’s production, featuring footage shot over the court of its twelve years.

Discussion

Featuring Linklater and actors Arquette and Coltrane, moderated by producer John Pierson.

Conversation

Between Coltrane and actor Hawke.

Video essay

By critic Michael Koresky about time in Linklater’s films, narrated by Coltrane.

Collection

Of portraits of the cast and crew by photographer Matt Lankes, narrated with personal thoughts from Linklater, Arquette, Hawkes, Coltrane, and producer Cathleen Sutherland.

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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