Parvati Magazine December 2014/January 2015: Consequence/Beginnings | Page 32

FILM

BOYHOOD

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ormally when long periods of time pass over the course of a movie, actors are made up
to look younger or older, or are replaced by younger or older players as needed. The film
itself is shot over the course of weeks, perhaps months for a more involved production. But
the film “Boyhood” sets all of that practice on its ear, taking the daring approach of shooting a film over the course of several years and allowing actors to naturally grow and age.
We see the story of Mason (Ellar Coltrane) who grows from a six-year-old boy to a eighteenyear old by the end of the film. His mother (Patricia Arquette) goes through her own journey
as a single mom, through college and two remarriages to an established career as a pro-