Dear Fred,
I just returned from "Boyhood."
Wow.
What a film!
It is billed as "The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18."
What a film!
It is billed as "The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18."
I disagree.
It is a richly-textured account (nearly three hours long) of a complex extended family with modestly disproportionate emphasis on "the boy."
It is a richly-textured account (nearly three hours long) of a complex extended family with modestly disproportionate emphasis on "the boy."
This is not the family we would have chosen as eager undergrads.
It is, in fact, "the family" most of us "got."
It is, in fact, "the family" most of us "got."
"Boyhood" was shot over 12 years and stars Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke, with several less well-known actors, all of them good.
"Mom" and "Dad" -- and their originally 6 and 8 year old children -- visibly age as the story "matures" in their very bodies.
"Mom" and "Dad" -- and their originally 6 and 8 year old children -- visibly age as the story "matures" in their very bodies.
Mason
For what it's worth, "Boyhood" has risen to #49 on IMDb's "Top 250" - flanked by "Back to the Future" and "Alien."
Pax tecum
Alan
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