One of my favorite directors, Richard Linklater, is working on a fascinating project called Boyhood. Long preoccupied by unusual storytelling (the rotoscoping of Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, the delicately interlaced twin narratives of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset), Linklater is taking an intriguing look at the passage of time and how it's captured in film. /Film reports:
Linklater began shooting Boyhood (formerly called Growing Up) back in 2002, following one young actor (Ellar Salmon) as he ages naturally from first grade to the start of college. Linklater recently reported that he has three more years of shooting left to go, which, yup, sounds about right -- a six-year-old in 2002 would be eighteen in 2014. Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette also star Salmon's parents. Boyhood tells the story of a divorced couple (Hawke and Arquette) as they raise their child (Salmon). Linklater's been shooting the project little by little, filming Salmon for short periods each summer,...
Linklater began shooting Boyhood (formerly called Growing Up) back in 2002, following one young actor (Ellar Salmon) as he ages naturally from first grade to the start of college. Linklater recently reported that he has three more years of shooting left to go, which, yup, sounds about right -- a six-year-old in 2002 would be eighteen in 2014. Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette also star Salmon's parents. Boyhood tells the story of a divorced couple (Hawke and Arquette) as they raise their child (Salmon). Linklater's been shooting the project little by little, filming Salmon for short periods each summer,...
- 6/22/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
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