Thursday, July 23, 2015
Boyhood Update
Most
actors commit themselves to a 3-6 month shoot with the possibility of
the need for scenes to be reshot. The principals in this movie made a
twelve-year commitment to a recurrent project. Seemlessly we see
Ellar Coltrane grow from a 5-year-old to 18-year-old manhood
college-bound. The others who follow Mason on this journey are the
actors who play his Mother, his sister, and Ethan Hawke who plays his
biological Father. We see hair styles change, limbs lengthen until
‘mother’ looks up at son, beards and moustaches come and go and
hair show signs of greying.
Intelligence
is no guarantee of wise decisions and Mason watches mom marry and
divorce three husbands resulting in too many moves to count. Where
his Father is concerned the child is father of the man. Though a
recurring presence in Mason’a life the child who fathered a son
remains very much a dilettante throughout. Mother’s and Sister’s
growth are not neglected. These characters are more than props. An
interesting sociological study, a decent movie. I probably need to
watch it again. The DVD provides no extras and the previews are
execrable.
Watched
it the second time. Mason is a left-lane hog just like his father.
The movie has teenage sex, underage drinking, drugs. The director
cast his own daughter.
# posted by garthmailman@gmail.com @ 7:30 am 
