Boyhood

‘Boyhood’ (2014, Dir: Richard Linklater, the same guy who did 'Before Sunrise' in 1995) is a well-known American film about growing up; its USP being that it was shot over 11 long years, and followed its child actors (playing specific characters in the film) as they grow up into early adulthood (both inside and outside the film). I thought it was quite verbose and self-conscious, although it is a peculiarly affirmative experience watching the players play the coming-of-age roles in physically real times, adults included. But the disjointed and laidback narrative, stitched together over eleven years of shooting / editing / reflection, does not work for me, in this instance.

Before Sunrise

‘Before Sunrise’ (1995, directed by Richard Linklater) - a good looking American young man nursing a rejection has an impetuous one-night almost sexual rendezvous with an equally good looking similarly hurt young French woman, in the quaint and classical trams, travels and taverns of a prosperous Vienna, never to meet again (almost). Reminded me of Hiroshima mon Amour. Lots of ‘meaningful’ dialogue. Very little of obvious drama. Not really a great film. But intriguing, nonetheless.