How long does it take to make a movie? The short one is more than a month, and the long one is sad, but when twelve years are condensed into a 166-minute film, a 6-18-year-old Texas boy's growth and his family's trivial story, "Boyhood". "Using the simplest structure, it retains and interprets the best green years of a person's life in the world of light and shadow.
For movies, we have become accustomed to the assumption of its time background, and showing a person's growth in different periods is nothing more than finding several age groups with similar actors. This is understandable, because unless it is a documentary, it is unnecessary to do so. The unity of film time and real time seems incredible, so when Richard Linklater, the leading independent filmmaker in the United States, did this, he wrote a new legend in the history of film, ten During the two years of filming, there was never any narration or subtitles in "Boyhood" to tell him when he was in the bridge, but with small changes, the ingenious integration of events of the times, and the real growth of characters in time , to present the advancement of the movie's time and plot, and its unique look and feel experience is by no means comparable to the interpretation of actors of different ages.
What "Boyhood" runs counter to many mainstream movies is that the movie has been doing its best to avoid the occurrence of dog blood and funny plots, which is in essence compared to some spoofs that attract people's attention with various gimmicks such as puppy love, truancy, rebellion, etc. The difference, that kind of presentation that combines thousands of images is not anyone’s youthful past, but this work is different, there are growing fathers and sons, friends discuss about sex and love, but they are all at the point. Although there are several twists in the plot, it can always be turned into peace in the passage of time. Most of the time in the movie is carried out in chatter, but it is this kind of bland chatter that makes people in the movie calm down. Love between people is a manifestation of the most authentic state of life.
For nearly three hours, I feel that I don't have the slightest sense of mediocrity. The story of the movie is trivial, and it can even be described as a running account, but even in this calm and seemingly lack of tension, it exudes difficulty. The charm of resistance, this charm is not only from time, but also about ordinary, everyone in the film is growing, cynical, bohemian father, unwilling to be mediocre, hard-working mother, they should be divorced but still deep In love with two children, the mother's two failed husbands and boyfriends form the thread of the plot development. The little boy in the movie is separated from others again and again because of his mother's changes, and he is also growing up step by step. Fortunately, there is no such thing as Going astray, he has confusion and persistence, the sweetness of first love and the bitterness of difference. For many Chinese, the growth experience of a Texas teenager in the United States seems to be difficult for us, but no matter what kind of environment he grew up in, The youth of youth always has something in common, such as family, friendship and even love. The youth of most people is actually seemingly ordinary, but we all always have stories about our own growth more or less, Richard It is this simplicity that De Yongshi wants to do for twelve years.
"Boyhood" is an extremely extravagant film, because it consumes time that cannot be measured with money. It is a work that spans twelve years. What the camera witnesses is the real growth of a teenager , which makes the embrace of youth in the movie so real. (Reprint must indicate: the original author Mengli Poetry Book)
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