"Boyhood" shows the ordinary life of ordinary people. It is not only a youth film, game consoles, cigarettes, beer, transcripts, first love, these elements in the growth of adolescents are almost exhaustive; at the same time, it is also a family The film is about all the trivial things about married life, about the midlife crisis, about the breakup and reorganization of a family; it is also a documentary, which describes historical events such as 9/11, the Iraq War, the change of the US president, and there is no shortage of Harry. ·Social phenomena such as the Porter boom, the birth and popularization of Facebook and iPhone...they have formed the collective memories of generations of Americans through the faithful record of images.
Life is like the luminous road in the film, although it is always moving forward, but there are always twists and turns. Time has changed the appearance of the two generations, and it has also given them new understandings and feelings about life and life. Mason and Samantha passed through their rebellious adolescence and became college students; their mother had experienced several failed marriages and had to accept the reality that they were getting old and their children were about to leave their side; father also formed a new family and began to learn To become a more competent father. This family bears everything that an ordinary middle-class family in American society has to endure, including the difficulties caused by the economic depression, all kinds of compromises made for actual needs, and goodbye to the good old days. Some people say that "time" is the real protagonist of the film, and the flow of time is a deeper theme of "Boyhood". Related to this, the selection of the OST of the film is also painstaking. At different stages of the character's life, the director has selected the more representative popular songs of that era as the soundtrack, so that the audience can easily find resonance in the film. Another noteworthy detail is that the dialogue between Mason and the girl at the end of the film is quite interesting: "Everyone keeps saying'Seize the time', I'm thinking, on the contrary, time controls us." "Yes, time is Constant, like... it has always been now." It's the same in the play and outside the play. In 12 years, whether you accept it or not, everyone has opened a new chapter in their life. This story, both true and false, could have continued, but the director chose to freeze the scene at a dusk when a teenager was 18 years old-the best time in life. To some extent, "Boyhood" is not just a noun here, but has become a symbol of a certain feeling.
Many people are concerned about the passage of time. We always seem to be dissatisfied, absorbing the things we lost, and turning a blind eye to what we have now. There are too many people and things that cannot be kept in life. Unlike movies, real life is an impromptu performance. Most people walk on an ordinary road with all kinds of scenery along the way. If you get lost in it, you will easily lose yourself. Maybe we can't grasp the time, but we can hold on to that insignificant moment. Living in the moment is a collection of the best times in life.
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