Boyhood is quite unlike any film I've ever seen. If you've seen it, you're no doubt a little bit obsessed and want to know more about it. A good place to start is with the Boyhood FAQ, but it's also well worth having a dig through this lot:
- Reviews from all the usual respected sources: Adam Batty at Hope Lies; Ed Williamson at The Shiznit; Neil Alcock at the Incredible Suit; Liz Beardsmith at Empire; and Mark Kermode at The Guardian.
- Linklater discussing the making of the film on Film4.
- Drew McWeeny and Ali Gray both give personal accounts of what the film meant to them as fathers (both of which I concur with – it's definitely changed how I think about what's to come in my boy's life).
- Linklater discusses plans for Criterion release of the film.
- One of the many ways the films marks the passing of time is through a rather fantastic of-the-time(s) soundtrack. The dated opening track alone says a lot about how long this project has been in the works. Here's a complete list of every song used. Any film that takes a moment to discuss I Hate It Here by Wilco is okay by me.
- Tracklisting for the Black Album.
- Linklater and Hawke interviewed by Esquire.
- Daily Beast interview with Alabama Worley herself, Patricia Arquette.
- The New York Times have a fascinating slideshow of star Ellar Coltrane at various ages. In summary: cute, cute, cute and … BLAMMO! puberty.
- As unique as Boyhood is, characters/actors growing up on screen happens on televisions all the time. For example, there's definitely an interesting film to be cut together just using scenes of Sally Draper/Kiernan Shipka in Mad Men (ideally to feature a present-day final scene starring Kathleen Turner … but I digress).
- And for some good old-fashioned reading on paper, I can highly recommend Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes, John Pierson's account of the American indie scene from which Linklater et al sprung.
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