Capturing Time on Film | Boyhood

Boyhood is one of those movies that will probably always remain in my top ten of all time, but I'd love to hear what you all think!
Some things I wasn't able to put in the video: Linklater is very inspired by filmmakers like Robert Bresson and Eric Rohmer, and that shows very much in Boyhood. His framing is very much in line with Bresson, but his tendency to have characters talk in long winded monologues and dialogues is definitely inspired by Rohmer. It's important to know what Linklater's influences are because he very much is a student of cinema.
Link to get the music that is in the video:
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Thanks to Andrew Wilson Williams for helping me out with this one.
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Movies shown:
Boyhood
Synecdoche, New York
Tape
Waking Life
It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books
Slacker
Dazed and Confused
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before Midnight
The Tree of Life
Chuck and Buck
Sources:
• The Making of Boyhood ...
• Boyhood Featurette - T...
• DP/30: Boyhood, Ellar ...
• The Grand Budapest Hot...
• Richard Linklater on M...
• RLM Highlights: BOYHOO...

[@toedpens4954]

IT TOOK 12 YEARS TO MAKE! IT BROKE NEWWWW GROUUNDDDDDD

[@KiKisancz21]

This film impacted me so much that I looked up a retrospective on it and watched and commented on a 2y old video. I love this movie. I am about to be 30 btw so it hits even harder.

[@thetetrisgodx]

Yea I felt the same way when I saw this the first time. Seeing Halo 2, the Iraq war footage in the background, a teacher in HS talking shit to me. I went through all of that at around the exact same time the movie portrayed and was deeply touched by waves of nostalgia when I saw them again. I am very lucky that the film is built for me (a straight, white male born before the post 9/11 world) but I totally get how other people may not be able to relate or see themselves while watching this.

[@nithinravi4401]

Now this movie is almost forgotten. It hurts me. I love it

[@PatrickTouma]

Man, your channel is gonna get big, I can feel it.

[@arthurmorgan8898]

Yea

[@hey-zel]

I was going through a hard time when Boyhood was released and I was a little younger than Mason so I wasn't sure if I was ever going I make it to my 20s. Time really did flash by so fast

[@Human_Kebab]

Beautiful review, you capture what makes boyhood so special 100%. Linklater is the master of the male experience

[@TheRealCheeze17]

Insane. I was thinking of this movie randomly today and viola a newly released video about it 😆

[@TheKinoCorner]

I always love it when I can get the timing right for someone!

[@filmthoughtproject5699]

Great video man! Really personal review, I like it. Looking forward to more vids

[@josephcopeland5041]

The Man Who Fell To Earth is Roeg’s best movie imo

[@TheKinoCorner]

I'm inclined to agree, but I also love Walkabout, Don't Look Now, Performance, Bad Timing, The Witches... I just love Roeg.

[@petepyeatt6909]

This was an excellent take on one of my favorite movies! I wasn’t the same age as Mason, I was 13 years older, but all the places he spent time in, I did as well. Austin, San Marcos, Houston, Big Bend, Minute Maid Park, and the campus of Texas State University were all so special to me, and to see these places on film was very personal to me.

[@PatrickWDunne]

Really good video! I subbed for your Bresson video but stayed for this.

[@michaelpcoppage]

This video made my day, ty for putting this into words

[@MrChopstsicks]

Very relatable movie. Even for me in South East Asia.

[@Engelhafen]

Thanks for sharing the impact of this ,ovie on you - I love the music

[@baconking6490]

You explained it perfectly Great video keep making more

[@nithinravi4401]

Thanks for making this video ❤️

[@creativechau]

I know we're supposed to appreciate our time on Earth because it'll be over soon but seeing that clip you used of the analog clock skipping ahead reminded me of when I used to stare at the clock in high school praying for the day to be over. Thanks Christ that time of my life is over I would never go back lol

[@myronsanders4563]

"Take out 1 gimmick from this film, all you're left with is a Lifetime Movie" anonymous quote

[@TheRealSwedishChef]

IT BROKE NEW GROUND!

[@joeyclemenza7339]

"'12 years a slave' didnt take 12 years to make!!!!!" - RLM

[@jacobriddle7230]

Jokes on you I dont get a graduation or prom so all I have is the little memories.

[@TheKinoCorner]

Gen Z moment

[@jacobriddle7230]

@@TheKinoCorner I am of the firm belief that August 1999 to may of 2003 should be it's own generation. We had internet, but also most had 90s tech for the first part of our lives. We have distinct slang compared to the before and after. And according to a survey I did on my last day of school (I got my credits and left early by my own accord) the teachers feel that we have a distinct cultural personality and perspective. There are more details that I dont have the time for at the moment.

[@micatk1318]

i remember being a kid and my older brother loving this movie when it came out, but i wasn’t allowed to watch it since it was rated r. now i’m finding myself watching this movie for the first time in the same situation as mason as i’m almost 18 and going to college. crazy how life flies

[@andrewcamacho3364]

0:27 It's also Boyhood for me. I was in my early 20s when I saw it, and it really touched a nerve I didn't even know was there. This is an absolute gem of a movie.

[@zzcolby27]

Checked ya out aftering seeing the EmpLemon video. Really liking it so far.

[@brickwallpictures]

Great essay!

[@Jared_Wignall]

Pretty dope video man. Very Kino.

[@Boyd2342]

based

[@sebeast1]

I'm from Australia, and I'm only 18 now, but this was definitely the hardest-hitting movie I've ever seen. I just finished high school a few weeks ago and watched this movie the day after I finished. Although life here in Melbourne isn't the same as Texas in the 2000s to early 2010s, it was incredible watching the cast grow up, especially mason. I rarely cry in general, especially not when watching movies, but in the scene where Mason's mum is crying watching him pack for College made me cry. It's just so raw compared to most other movies, no overarching mission or happy endings, instead it tells us not to live our lives aimed at fulfilling major goals, but instead to cherish the seemingly insignificant and mundane moments, and do so with all our heart.

[@nithinravi4401]

I loved this movie ❤️

[@DamanKingBear]

This dude could play Anakin Skywalker in Ahsoka

[@arthurmorgan8898]

Congrats for 100k In january of 2021

[@Rambunctious202]

haha the el rey network shirt i see you

[@nithinravi4401]

❤️

[@charsfm5203]

who is the artist of that poster of the jester with the harp in the background of 0:45 ?

[@TheKinoCorner]

That's the poster that comes with the Criterion copy of the movie Fellini Satyricon

[@annefrankenberry7914]

12 thumbs up

[@koufax3739]

Not as funny as drive review but more meaningful 👍

[@noobmaster-dm7tu]

Kodak Super 8. Also what linklater once used

[@Fummy007]

It took 12 years to make.

[@Larkinchance]

Similar aspects in 7-ups and the Loud family. Perspective understanding...

[@bboohhmmaann]

If you were born in the mid 80s then this is the movie for you

[@Sonofanoob]

Watches the movie after this video. He is literally me.

[@mandoboyo]

Rad beck shirt

[@ericshun2552]

I feel like the Movie just hits if you're a child growing up around the early 2000s, no offense to the movie critics, but most of the are kinda too old to find it relatable. The film doesn't do a good job of making it feel like a all ages shared experience of growing up. It's very specific to its demographic.

[@codyarndt2559]

69th like. Nice

[@blakehorton654]

That was clearly Halo: Combat Evolved. Not Halo 2.

[@koufax3739]

This corporate ignorance let's me control time.

[@watcher8582]

Glad you got so much out of it. It felt meh to me.

[@DustyLinks]

I really did not enjoy it. You can really feel the weakness of the improvisation and any story beats that are planned are just overly melodramatic. I really hated the fact that Arquette just seems to be a vehicle for domestic abuse and bad stepfathers as if Linklater couldn't think of a more interesting idea. The children just seem to brood and sulk through the entire film and it's really noticeable when you pair them with veteran actors like Arquette and Hawke, who felt like he was just enjoying himself in a different movie.

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

I usually dislike drama movies because most of them give me a mild depression and this one isnt an exception sadly

[@haroldandmod]

The first stepdad was atrociously bad

[@bigbillyc9878]

Nice vid, but 12 minutes

[@Jigoku169]

The process was interesting but the movie was sooo rough. The acting was not great and the story was pretty underwhelming

[@joeyclemenza7339]

strangely... and this is just me... using the same actor for 12 years actually came across more saccharine and artificial..... it just felt more like a gimmick. not to mention that he was wholly unlikable, and not in the the "douche-nozzle" sense... but more in the "this kid has the personality of a potato" sense.