Boyhood the 12 year project 2015 film complet

Richard linklater and i have made a short film every year for the last 11. Richard linklaters boyhood, filmed over 12 years to depict a boy growing up. The 12 year project, the making of boyhood video 2015. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, richard linklaters boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named mason, who ages from 618 years old on screen. The 12 year project 2015 20min documentary, short video 6 january 2015. Best supporting actress arquette, academy awards 2015. Heres a amazing explanation its boring, its dull, its mundane, pretty much with no story, and i think imo would only appeal to narcississts from unmixed, unexposed, neverbeenoutofmycomfortzone type, milk toast, small towners who instan. As well as directingboyhood,richard linklater also wrote the script. It charts the rocky terrain of childhood, snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between. Uber 12 jahre hinweg hat sich regisseur richard linklater jahrlich mit seiner. Growing up in america american psychological association.

Rather than sticking to a standard comingofage plot, the movie is more about the rhythms of life itself. Also, its a good way to do indie films, and itll be easy to write too. To tell the story of one boys growth from toddler to young adult, linklater decided to film one boy ellar coltrane and his fictional family once a year for 12 years, providing a. But if it triumphs, it may be the most unusual film ever to win, owen. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, boyhood is a story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named mason, who literally grows up on screen before our eyes.

Ellar coltrane was filmed over a 12 year period for boyhood. Sundance audience for the debut of his latest project, boyhood. Ellar coltrane is one actor who can say he has literally grown up on film. How the boyhood cast changed throughout the 12 years it took to make the movie. The 12 year project, the making of boyhood video 2015 8. On one hand, the 12 year method adds so much to the film, but because of it.

Starring ethan hawke and patricia arquette as masons parents and newcomer lorelei linklater as his sister samantha, boyhood charts the rocky. I do not want to say much about the qualities of the movie it is overall brilliant. Filmed over 12 years, boyhood follows a kids coming of age writerdirector richard linklater says picking the films star was vital because he had to. He cast four actors patricia arquette, ethan hawke, ellar coltrane, and lorelei linklater in the role of a family and filmed them each year over the next dozen years.

O n a bright, cold morning at the sundance film festival, the delegates gathered to see a film that put the world in a bottle, folding a 12year span into 164 minutes. Filmed from 2001 to 20, boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of mason evans jr. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, richard linklaters boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named mason a breakthrough performance by ellar coltrane, who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Boyhood became the instant subject of media buzz last year when linklater revealed that hed been working on the project for 12 years, following the same actors including patricia arquette and ethan hawke as the heros parents, olivia and mason, sr. Its just that, considering all the effort put into the film, good. Twelve years on film richard linklater, ethan hawke, patricia arquette, ellar coltrane, lorelei linklater, cathleen sutherland, matt lankes on.

The star and center of boyhood, ellar coltrane was a 7yearold unknown actor when the film started shooting. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, richard linklaters boyhood is a groundbreaking story of. It was shot a few days at a time over a 12year period, with the same characters and principal actors. Although linklater had referred to the project as boyhood during the early years of production, in 20 he settled on the title 12 years, but was forced to rename it. Set in the years 2000 to 2012, this movie offers a glimpse into the culture of each year in between. So, if you havent seen this film yet or if you want to reminisce on its greatness, here are 10 reasons why boyhood is the best movie of the year. We saw the film through our own personal lenses, and maybe thats why the movie is striking a chord with so many. Boyhood is a 2014 american drama film written and directed by richard linklater, and starring patricia arquette, ellar coltrane, lorelei linklater, and ethan hawke. Evidently i wasnt alone in this thinking, because director richard linklater is now ready to release boyhood, a film put together over the course of 12 years with that very idea behind its. The now 19yearold actor, who plays the leading role of mason in richard. The making of the film boyhood over the course of 12years.

How the boyhood cast changed throughout the 12 years it. The film has been talked about as a quirky sideproject, but in its completed form it looks like the achievement of a lifetime. Writerdirector mike leigh, while accepting a fellowship from the british academy of film and television arts in 2015, called it the definitive independent film. This is a 15yearlong story of a family that has some events, but avoids the big crises. The 19yearold spent 12 years working with richard linklater on the writerdirectors opus, boyhood, starring as the. Boyhood trailer reveals a film 12 years in the making. The indie hit is the frontrunner to score the top prize at the oscars. Boyhood is a good film, and the experience of watching its cast age over 2 and a half hours makes for a unique experience. Filmed over 12 years, boyhood follows a kids coming of. Boyhood is different than the seven up series by documentary maker michael apted, which followed a group of british children for half a centuryit doesnt have the overt sociological context.

Boyhood this film, written and directed by richard linklater, was shot intermittently over the course of a period, from 2002 to and depicts the adolescence of a young boy in texas ellar coltrane growing up with divorced parents boyhood 12 years on screen. Everything from the iraq war to the 2008 election of barack obama forms the backdrop to masons life, but linklaterwho wrote and directed boyhood over the span of 12 yearsnever. Boyhood twelve years on film photographs by matt lankes. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, richard linklaters boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named mason a breakthrough performance by ellar. Coltrane from ages six to eighteen as he grows up in texas with divorced parents arquette and hawke. The oscarnominated film was shot over the span of 12 years, each year checking back in with the same actors and characters. Without further ado, lets start from boyhood wow, such a. Boyhood was seen as one of the main challengers for this years oscars, with six nominations including best film and best director. It took 12 years to film richard linklaters boyhood, a coming of age story filmed in realtime. It even carried over into the films reception at its debut at this years sundance film festival. List of accolades received by boyhood film wikipedia. The making of boyhood featurette ifc films youtube. Boyhood featurette on the films 12 year production.

I do believe, this will be a classical film, and students all over thew world will study it in future at their film schools. The stars of boyhood talk about the film s unique format shot over 12 years. Director, linklater shares his inspiration for the film and over the years, the cast interview each other to reflect on the unique process. Boyhood was going to be titled the 12year project until director richard linklater ditched that plan following the release of 12 years a slave. An interview with ellar coltrane, mason in boyhood vanity fair. A fictional drama made with the same group of actors over a 12year period from 200220. Just as boyhood the film calls forth memories of childhood and lures one into a place of selfreflection, boyhood. Film released after 12 year wait the film that began production in 2002 and has been described by star ethan hawke as a secret art project is released in the uk.

I dont know what to say about the film, except 4207 days ago we started shooting this film and were really happy to be here. Collaborating on boyhood, shot over 12 years as its young star grew up, richard linklater and ethan hawke drew on a shared philosophy about creative risk. Richard linklaters ambitious project, shot over 12 years, is an experience of the life cycle, and its as moving as youve heard it is. Youve probably heard of boyhood, the film in production for 12 years. Boyhood also earned the admiration of other filmmakers and artists. Using the same cast from start to beginning, linklater wrote and directed this groundbreaking story. The second is of a boy staring up at that sky, one arm bent under his head, the other flung out. In 2002, richard linklater began his ambitious 12 year project. The audience feels privy to the details of a familial story over an extended period, as if watching a family photo album come to life. Boyhood is a 2014 american comingofage drama film written and directed by richard linklater and starring patricia arquette, ellar coltrane, lorelei linklater and ethan hawke awards and accolades. To hear critics tell it, richard linklaters boyhood is the most celebrated film of 2014 in large part because everyone can relate to it. Richard linklater and ethan hawke on boyhood the new. Parents need to know that boyhood is an extraordinary drama that was filmed over the course of 12 years, following the main character, mason ellar coltrane, as he grows from age 5 to age 18. In 2002, director richard linklater and a crew began filming the untitled 12year project.