La vita di un bambino dai 6 ai 18 anni.
Un film lungo dodici anni, con gli stessi protagonisti. Il progetto di Boyhood, già conosciuto come Growin’ up, è quasi alla fine. Cominciato oltre dieci anni fa da Linklater e Ethan Hawke assieme al piccolo Ellar Salmon, il film è quasi terminato.
L’anno prossimo Ellar completerà l’high school e l’anno successivo è probabile che il film esca nelle sale.
Hawke ne ha parlato di recente:
First up, I guess I should tell people what BOYHOOD is. It’s a project also known as THE TWELVE YEAR PROJECT; Richard Linklater and I have made a short film every year for the last 11 years, one more to go, that follows the development of a young boy from age 6 to 18. I play the father, and it’s Tolstoy-esque in scope. I thought the BEFORE series was the most unique thing I would ever be a part of, but Rick has engaged me in something even more strange. Doing a scene with a young boy at the age of 7 when he talks about why do raccoons die, and at the age of 12 when he talks about video games, and 17 when he asks me about girls, and have it be the same actor – to watch his voice and body morph – it’s a little bit like timelapse photography of a human being. I can’t wait for people to see it.
Next year, he will graduate high school and we will finish the film. It will probably come out in 2 years.
Il film dovrebbe durare almeno 2 ore e mezza. Il montaggio è stato aggiornato di anno in anno.
Hawke aveva già detto tre anni fa: I’ve seen the first cut of the first seven years. And it’s definitely one of the most interesting things I have ever been a part of, no doubt…About 20 minutes, your eyes just start tearing up and you don’t even know why. It’s about the nature of time and how it’s crashing into us all.
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